racketeering

Meaning

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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Synonyms

banditry

blackmail

extortion

gangsterism

racket

thuggery

shake down

ruffianism

protection racket

Translations

racket

affairisme

كسب المال بالعنف والخروج على القانون

crim organitzat

Erpressung

Gangstertum

Gaunerei

εκβιασμός

κακουργία

κομπίνα

rançonnement

gangsterismo

l’esercitare attività criminose organizzate

extorsão

negociata

Etymology

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