racketeer

¹rack·e·teer

noun \ˌra-kə-ˈtir\

Definition of RACKETEER

: one who obtains money by an illegal enterprise usually involving intimidation

Examples of RACKETEER

1. <the racketeer threatened to have his thugs vandalize the shop if the shopkeeper didn't pay him a monthly bribe>

First Known Use of RACKETEER

1924

Related to RACKETEER

Synonyms: blackmailer, extortioner, extortionist

Related Words: blackhander, button man, gangster, hoodlum, mafioso, mobster; bully, ruffian, thug; cheat, cheater, chiseler (or chiseller), cozener, defrauder, dodger, double-dealer, gouger, gyp, hustler, profiteer, shark, sharper, sharpie (or sharpy), swindler

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Other Legal Terms

actionable, alienable, carceral, chattel, complicity, decedent, larceny, malfeasance, modus operandi

Rhymes with RACKETEER

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