racketeered

Definition of racketeerednext
past tense of racketeer

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for racketeered
Verb
  • She and other members of both houses and both parties were evacuated for their safety for several hours as rioters forced their way into the Capitol that day.
    David Staats, Idaho Statesman, 7 Jan. 2026
  • The township, which has raised the possibility it'll be forced into bankruptcy, said its insurer went out of business before the claim arose.
    Laura A. Bischoff, Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • By the following year, the FBI had recovered millions of dollars extorted from Colonial Pipeline by Darkside.
    Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 9 Nov. 2025
  • This man just could not stop getting extorted, which is not ideal for anyone but is especially unpleasant for the head of MI5.
    Brian Grubb, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • However, prosecutors portrayed Homolka as a battered wife who was beaten and blackmailed into aiding Bernardo, per the Associated Press.
    Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 1 Dec. 2025
  • The attorney general of California may have been blackmailed.
    Susan Shelley, Oc Register, 29 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The Panthers squeezed a few end-of-career seasons out of guys such as Dino Ciccarelli and Igor Larionov.
    Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Steamer or Iron When squeezed into a small suitcase, clothes have a tendency to wrinkle.
    Abbey Hudetz, Travel + Leisure, 4 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Given rising trade tensions and the likely unsustainable strength in the export sector, Beijing might eventually be compelled to ramp up its policy measures significantly.
    Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 9 Jan. 2026
  • You might be compelled to flirt with the visible lingerie trend or pair a new faux fur coat with tall Uggs.
    Maressa Brown, InStyle, 9 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Diaz obliged, but not before smacking an unlucky onlooker with a wayward first attempt, above.
    Phil Hay, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Grok initially refused to put clown makeup on a Jama photo at the request of one user, but when another person said the photo was not of Jama, Grok soon obliged.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 8 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • He was coerced into opening a black safe that contained about $400 in cash, and a gold necklace, gold bracelet and gold ring were taken off his body.
    Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 30 Dec. 2025
  • However, both Maher and his third wife Heidi have since claimed that Maher's confession was coerced.
    Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 18 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • Models can predict the decay rate of sterile neutrinos, which is then constrained from the data.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Guyana remained formally independent, yet functionally constrained.
    Rick Singh, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2026
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“Racketeered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/racketeered. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.

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