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Carry on illegal business activities involving crime
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racketeering
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Kelly is awaiting trial on fraud and racketeering charges. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ He says the public does not always appreciate the social cost of large scale fraud and racketeering . ▪ My guess is that it's a front for ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The criminal action of being involved in a racket. vb. (present participle of racketeer English)
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. engaging in a racket
Usage examples of racketeering.
Robert Blakey had envisioned--DeMeo a participating member of a criminal enterprise and Castellano the overall head of that enterprise who had reaped illicit proceeds from a pattern of racketeering, whether or not he was personally involved in it.
It is the conception which underlies congressional legislation of recent years making certain crimes against the States, like theft, racketeering, kidnapping, crimes also against the National Government whenever the offender extends his activities beyond state boundary lines.
When some cheap racketeering rabble-rousers come around trying to stir up trouble, they can't help getting sore, and then somebody may get hurt.
She later named my office and me in a lawsuit, accusing us of racketeering, among other things, for allegedly colluding with the insurance company to falsify records so no claim was paid to her.