"racketeering" meaning in English

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Noun

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. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (criminal action): rampokkery (Afrikaans), Gaunerei [feminine] (German), extorsão [feminine] (Portuguese), şantaj (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-racketeering-en-noun-hKakMFkD

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. 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: 42 58 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 92 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 9 91

Inflected forms

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