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racketeering en · NOUN

Etymology

Coined by the Employers' Association of Chicago in June 1927 in a statement about the influence of organized crime in the Teamsters union.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable, usually) The criminal action of being involved in a racket; especially, directing it.

Forms

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racketeerings Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

antiracketeering

Synonyms

racketry

Translations (5)

tr şantaj (criminal action) · gl fraude (criminal action) · af rampokkery (criminal action) · de Gaunerei (criminal action) · pt extorsão (criminal action)

racketeering en · VERB

Etymology

Coined by the Employers' Association of Chicago in June 1927 in a statement about the influence of organized crime in the Teamsters union.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of racketeer
    form of racketeer