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racketeer
/ ËŒ°ùæ°ìɪˈ³Ùɪə /
noun
- a person engaged in illegal enterprises for profit
verb
- intr to operate a racket
Derived Forms
- ËŒ°ù²¹³¦°ì±ðˈ³Ù±ð±ð°ù¾±²Ô²µ, noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of racketeer1
Example Sentences
Mr Combs, one of the most successful rappers in the US, is soon expected to stand trial in a federal sex trafficking and racketeering case.
He is also facing federal sex-trafficking and racketeering charges, to which he has pleaded not guilty.
“Survivor†alum Brandon K. Hantz is facing racketeering and arson charges after being named in a federal indictment connected to a violent, transnational motorcycle gang in southern Texas.
Kenneth Johnson, Francis Clement and John Stinson were already serving life sentences in the state system when a federal jury in Fresno convicted them last week of racketeering and other offenses.
Sean “Diddy†Combs’ lawyers are seeking to have one of the charges against him in a federal racketeering case dismissed because, they say, it’s racist and has been been used disproportionately against Black men.
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