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racketeer

[ rak-i-teer ]

noun

  1. a person engaged in a racket.


verb (used without object)

  1. to engage in a racket.

racketeer

/ ËŒ°ùæ°ìɪˈ³Ùɪə /

noun

  1. a person engaged in illegal enterprises for profit
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. intr to operate a racket
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ËŒ°ù²¹³¦°ì±ðˈ³Ù±ð±ð°ù¾±²Ô²µ, noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of racketeer1

An Americanism dating back to 1925–30; racket 1 + -eer
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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.

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He is also facing federal sex-trafficking and racketeering charges, to which he has pleaded not guilty.

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“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.

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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.

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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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