racketeer
To carry out illegal business activities or criminal schemesTo carry out illegal business activities or criminal schemes.
» During prohibition days, racketeers used to rub each other out to get control of the rum-running racket.
Meaning
2 sensesTo carry out illegal business activities or criminal schemes.
carry on illegal business activities involving crime
To commit crimes systematically as part of a criminal organization.
Examples
4 sentencesDuring prohibition days, racketeers used to rub each other out to get control of the rum-running racket.
A racketeering conviction carries a sentence of five to twenty years in prison, much more than election fraud crimes.
Drug dealers, racketeers, terrorists and other criminals have to conceal the sources of the money they earn through their illegal activities.
Nine FIFA officials have been arrested and charged with racketeering and bribery.
Origin
From racket + -eer.From racket + -eer.
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Forms
racketeers, racketeering, racketeered, racketeered| Base form | racketeer · to racketeer |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | racketeers |
| Present participle | racketeering |
| Past simple | racketeered |
| Past participle | racketeered |
regular · Lesson
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle