racketeer
a person engaged in a racket.
to engage in a racket.
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How to use racketeer in a sentence
RICO is the acronym for the racketeer-influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.
Mr. Duffy, it happened, was Big Bill Duffy, a jolly henchman of Owney Madden, the racketeer.
He could, however, be a racketeer specializing in bookmaking, gambling, drug dealing, and assorted other crime.
He was a raider, a racketeer, not a leader of purposeful men.
Black Man's Burden | Dallas McCord ReynoldsHer racketeer sweetie has a long arm, however, and Nita gets hers.
Murder at Bridge | Anne Austin
British Dictionary definitions for racketeer
/ (ˌrækɪˈtɪə) /
a person engaged in illegal enterprises for profit
(intr) to operate a racket
Derived forms of racketeer
- racketeering, noun
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