racketeer
pronunciation
How to pronounce racketeer in British English:
UK [ˌrækəˈtɪə(r)]
How to pronounce racketeer in American English:
US [ˌrækəˈtɪr]
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- Noun:
- some who commits crimes for profit (especially one who obtains money by fraud or extortion)
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- Verb:
- carry on illegal business activities involving crime
Word Origin
- racketeer
- 1928 (noun and verb), from racket (n.1) + -eer. Related: Racketeering (1928).
Example
- 1. Capone was a famous racketeer chicago .
- 2. To extort and racketeer , or to demand or accept bribes .
- 3. A racketeer assigned to collect or distribute payoff money .
- 4. Like some seedy racketeer , the delinquents in pyongyang had extorted a generous payment in exchange for talks about giving up their pursuit of nuclear weapons .
- 5. He was in no sense a political prisoner , but a gangster and racketeer who rightly did six years in jail .