"racketeering" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: racketeerings [plural]
Etymology: Coined by the Employers' Association of Chicago in June 1927 in a statement about the influence of organized crime in the Teamsters union. Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} racketeering (usually uncountable, plural racketeerings)
  1. The criminal action of being involved in a racket; especially, directing it. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Corruption Synonyms: racketry Translations (criminal action): rampokkery (Afrikaans), Gaunerei [feminine] (German), extorsão [feminine] (Portuguese), şantaj (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-racketeering-en-noun--EElHYO9 Disambiguation of Corruption: 47 53 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Afrikaans translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 73 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Afrikaans translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 69 31

Verb [English]

Etymology: Coined by the Employers' Association of Chicago in June 1927 in a statement about the influence of organized crime in the Teamsters union. Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} racketeering
  1. present participle and gerund of racketeer Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: racketeer Categories (topical): Corruption
    Sense id: en-racketeering-en-verb-v9GlJOoO Disambiguation of Corruption: 47 53

Inflected forms

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