rackets

/ ˈrækɪts /

noun

1. functioning as singular
   1. a game similar to squash played in a large four-walled court by two or four players using rackets and a small hard ball
   2. ( as modifier )

      a rackets court

      a rackets championship

Example Sentences

Chavez told the jury — at times through tears — that he got in over his head with clients who threatened him into going along with their rackets.

From Los Angeles Times

As it played, the BBC Singers and BBC Symphony Chorus started a Mexican Wave while brandishing football rattles and tennis rackets.

From BBC

But analysts and law enforcement officials say that emboldened cartels are spreading fear in races at the local level as they expand their reach into extortion rackets, migrant trafficking and food production.

From New York Times

The charges unsealed this week show little has changed in the operations of the jail rackets since Torres first implemented them while awaiting trial 20 years ago.

From Los Angeles Times

Among the rackets Bongiovanni is accused of protecting is Pharoah’s Gentlemen’s Club, a strip club outside Buffalo described by prosecutors as a haven for drug use and sex trafficking.

From Seattle Times