Entry Word: racket

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a scheme in which the victim is cheated out of his money after first gaining his trust <the racket of selling “insurance policies” that are worth no more than the paper on which they are printed> — see confidence game
2 loud, confused, and usually unharmonious sound <if all the racket on the stairs is any indication, someone must be moving into apartment 3B> — see noise 1