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racketeering

[ rak-i-teer-ing ]

noun

  1. the practice of conducting or engaging in a racket, as extortion or bootlegging.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of racketeering1

An Americanism dating back to 1925–30; racketeer + -ing 1
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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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