racketeer

Speech parts

1. racketeer - Noun

2. racketeer - Verb

Meaning

someone who commits crimes for profit (especially one who obtains money by fraud or extortion)

carry on illegal business activities involving crime

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

hood bandit shark desperado miscreant malefactor criminal fraud tough outlaw offender perpetrator robber culprit crook

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Antonyms

law enforcement shamus police force black and white private eye good guy

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Hypernyms

malefactor deal criminal conduct outlaw crook

Hyponyms

bagman

Examples

I am fed up with a system which busts the pot smoker and lets the big dope racketeer go free. George McGovern

If we have real, creative destruction here with Trump, and we have Armageddon or worse, out of the ruins will come new successes. New movements. And eventually, new rackets. And I'll be in on them. I admit it, I'm a racketeer. Mike Murphy (political consultant)

According to the superseding indictment, filed in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, Huawei violated the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO). Source: Internet

Foss and Pickens were two of 10 AK gang defendants indicted by a federal grand jury in May 2019 for participating in a racketeering conspiracy, a crime under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act, commonly called the RICO Act. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

racketball racketbuster racketbusting Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act racketeering racketer