"racketeer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: racketeers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ) Etymology: From racket + -eer. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|racket|eer}} racket + -eer Head templates: {{en-noun}} racketeer (plural racketeers)
  1. One who commits crimes (especially fraud, bribery, loansharking, extortion etc.) to aid in running a shady or illegal business. Categories (topical): Corruption, People Translations (criminal): рекетьор (reketjor) [masculine] (Bulgarian), racketteur [masculine] (French), Gauner [masculine] (German), Verbrecher [masculine] (German), Gangster [masculine] (German), Bandit [masculine] (German), criminale [masculine] (Italian), malavitoso [masculine] (Italian), рэкети́р (rɛketír) [masculine] (Russian), вымога́тель (vymogátelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), жу́лик (žúlik) [masculine] (Russian), моше́нник (mošénnik) [masculine] (Russian), банди́т (bandít) [masculine] (Russian), raketir (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-racketeer-en-noun-F3SQ2JyS Disambiguation of Corruption: 43 21 25 11 Disambiguation of People: 43 32 25 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -eer Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 24 24 26 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 33 20 24 23 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -eer: 23 25 24 28 Disambiguation of 'criminal': 100 0
  2. One who instigates or has involvement with a racket.
    Sense id: en-racketeer-en-noun-xOQFKwpb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -eer Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 24 24 26 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -eer: 23 25 24 28
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: privateer, profiteer, gangster, mobster, organized crime

Verb

Forms: racketeers [present, singular, third-person], racketeering [participle, present], racketeered [participle, past], racketeered [past]
Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ) Etymology: From racket + -eer. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|racket|eer}} racket + -eer Head templates: {{en-verb}} racketeer (third-person singular simple present racketeers, present participle racketeering, simple past and past participle racketeered)
  1. to carry out illegal business activities or criminal schemes.
    Sense id: en-racketeer-en-verb-DKClMdWK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -eer Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 24 24 26 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -eer: 23 25 24 28
  2. to commit crimes systematically as part of a criminal organization.
    Sense id: en-racketeer-en-verb-lmsGox~z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -eer Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 24 24 26 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -eer: 23 25 24 28

Inflected forms

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