"protection racket" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: protection rackets [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} protection racket (plural protection rackets)
  1. (crime) A criminal scheme in which victims are required to pay in order to avoid violence or destruction of property. Wikipedia link: protection racket Categories (topical): Crime Related terms: protection money, extortion, vigilante Translations (criminal extortion scheme): suojeluraha (Finnish), racket [masculine] (French), Schutzgelderpressung [feminine] (German), haracz [masculine] (Polish), крышева́ние (kryševánije) [neuter] (Russian), beskyddarverksamhet [common-gender] (Swedish)

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