Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A person who engages in an illegal business or other organized illegal activities.
- intransitive verb To engage in an illegal business or other organized illegal activities.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun one who commits crimes (especially
fraud ,bribery ,loansharking ,extortion etc.) to aid in running a shady orillegal business. - noun one who
instigates or hasinvolvement with aracket . - verb to carry out
illegal business activities or criminalschemes . - verb to commit crimes
systematically as part of a criminalorganization .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb carry on illegal business activities involving crime
- noun someone who commits crimes for profit (especially one who obtains money by fraud or extortion)
Etymologies
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Examples
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Time, the great racketeer, is always stealing from us.
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He was identified as a racketeer in hearings before a U.S.
KING - Home 2010
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He was identified as a racketeer in hearings before a U.S.
ajc.com - News 2010
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He was identified as a racketeer in hearings before a U.S.
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Webster's definition of 'racketeer': "one who obtains money by an illegal enterprise usually involving intimidation"
Max Keiser: "Let Them Have Stained Carpets" - Obama's Marie Antoinette Moment 2009
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Three Azerbaijani wrestlers win silvers at European Championship - UPDATE Azerbaijan Press Council announces seven newspapers "racketeer"
Today.Az 2010
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Three Azerbaijani wrestlers win silvers at European Championship - UPDATE Azerbaijan Press Council announces seven newspapers "racketeer"
Today.Az 2010
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Three Azerbaijani wrestlers win silvers at European Championship - UPDATE Azerbaijan Press Council announces seven newspapers "racketeer"
Today.Az 2010
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Three Azerbaijani wrestlers win silvers at European Championship - UPDATE Azerbaijan Press Council announces seven newspapers "racketeer"
Today.Az 2010
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Three Azerbaijani wrestlers win silvers at European Championship - UPDATE Azerbaijan Press Council announces seven newspapers "racketeer"
Today.Az 2010
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