Entry Word: racketeer

Function: noun

Meaning: a person who gets money from another by using force or threats <the racketeer threatened to have his thugs vandalize the shop if the shopkeeper didnʼt pay him a monthly bribe>

Synonyms blackmailer, extortioner, extortionist

Related Words crook, gangster, hoodlum, mafioso, mobster; bully, ruffian, thug; cheat, cheater, chiseler, confidence man, defrauder, double-dealer, gouger, gyp, hustler, profiteer, shark, sharper, swindler