racketeer

English

Etymology

From racket +‎ -eer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɹækɪˈtɪə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

racketeer (plural racketeers)

1. One who commits crimes (especially fraud, bribery, loansharking, extortion etc.) to aid in running a shady or illegal business.
2. One who instigates or has involvement with a racket.

Related terms

• privateer, profiteer

Translations

criminal

• Bulgarian: рекетьор m (reketjor)
• French: racketteur (fr) m
• German: Gauner (de) m, Verbrecher (de) m, Gangster (de) m, Bandit (de) m
• Italian: criminale (it) m, malavitoso (it) m
• Russian: рэкети́р (ru) m (rɛketír) (extortionist), вымога́тель (ru) m (vymogátelʹ), жу́лик (ru) m (žúlik), моше́нник (ru) m (mošénnik), банди́т (ru) m (bandít)
• Tagalog: raketir

See also

• gangster, mobster
• organized crime

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.
2. to commit crimes systematically as part of a criminal organization.