racketeering

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

The criminal action of being involved in a racket; especially, directing it.

Verb

present participle and gerund of racketeer

racketeer

• Noun
• Verb

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Sinonieme

banditry

blackmail

extortion

gangsterism

racket

thuggery

shake down

ruffianism

protection racket

Vertalings

racket

affairisme

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crim organitzat

Erpressung

Gangstertum

Gaunerei

εκβιασμός

κακουργία

κομπίνα

rançonnement

gangsterismo

l’esercitare attività criminose organizzate

extorsão

negociata

Etimologie (Engels)

Coined by the Employers' Association of Chicago in June 1927 in a statement about the influence of organized crime in the Teamsters union.