1. racketeering - Noun
2. racketeering - Verb
engaging in a racket
Source: WordNetA New York judge has ruled jurors in R. Kelly's sex trafficking and racketeering case will be "anonymous and partially sequestered" to protect them from any outside influence. Source: Internet
A-1 owner Tony D. Schneider Sr., 51, and sons Tony D. Schneider Jr., 33, and Joseph "Joey" C. Schneider, 31, who both ran West Coast Car Crushing, are among those indicted on racketeering and theft charges. Source: Internet
E.g. a Cleveland grand jury cleared two bishops of racketeering charges, finding that their mishandling of sex abuse claims did not amount to criminal racketeering. 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
Conahan, meanwhile, pleaded guilty in 2010 to racketeering charges, and has been serving a 17-and-a-half year sentence at FCI Miami. Source: Internet
Farmer is a member of the street gang Latin Kings and has been convicted of a racketeering conspiracy involving two murders in 1999 where the victims were beat to death with a hammer. Source: Internet