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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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Other Words From

  • anti·racke·teering adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of racketeering1

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

The charges stem from March 2020, when federal prosecutors in New York outlined them in a superseding indictment that followed charges from the previous year of kidnapping, racketeering, forced labor and sexual exploitation of children.

Lindell followed with a bizarre countersuit, claiming Dominion engaged in a racketeering conspiracy.

Authorities said 17 people have been charged with conspiring to commit racketeering in connection with the ring, which they said operated in Virginia, Maryland and the District.

Companies were once loathe to criticize sports organizations they supported, but the high-profile 2015 arrests of FIFA officials and other sports business leaders, for racketeering and other crimes, changed that game.

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It also charges 11 of those alleged members with participating in a racketeering conspiracy.

His weapons charges have been tossed, and racketeering could be next.

But that tenure ended when he was sent to prison for five years on a racketeering charge.

In 2001, Edwards was found guilty on charges of racketeering and sentenced to ten years in Federal prison.

It also says dues go toward paying a more than $15 million federal racketeering settlement.

Whatever skills it takes to succeed in espionage or racketeering, I patently lack.

It was a shame that he should be imprisoned when racketeering rats like Scorio went scot-free right here in New York.

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