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racketeer definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: someone who commits crimes for profit (especially one who obtains money by fraud or extortion) v
1: carry on illegal business activities involving crime

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Date: 1928 one who obtains money by an illegal enterprise usually involving intimidation II. verb Date: 1928 intransitive verb to carry on a racket transitive verb to practice extortion on

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a person who operates a dishonest business. Derivatives: racketeering n.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(racketeers) A racketeer is someone who makes money from illegal activities such as threatening people or selling worthless, immoral, or illegal goods or services. N-COUNT

Moby Thesaurus

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