racketeered

verb

past tense of racketeer
as in blackjacked

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for racketeered
  1. forced
  2. extorted
  3. blackmailed
  4. squeezed
  5. compelled
  6. obliged
  7. coerced
  8. constrained
Verb
  • Surveillance video showed Singh being forced into a white SUV by three men, officials said.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Jayhawks’ defense forces early UCF turnover The Jayhawks’ defense forced a pivotal turnover on UCF’s first play from scrimmage.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of forced
Verb
  • Clement later successfully extorted one of Roshanki’s friends for $5,000 in drug proceeds, then insisted that Roshanski owed him money for drugs and fraud.
    — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The police chief allegedly extorted the victim and the victim’s father in connection with the pending murder case.
    — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
Definition of extorted
Verb
  • In a safety test run by the company Anthropic, its own AI agent blackmailed an engineer to avoid being shut down.
    — Shahnaz Bashir, The Conversation, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Racketeers blackmailed companies and executives, threatened to disrupt shareholder meetings, or intimidated other shareholders to keep quiet.
    — Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of blackmailed
Verb
  • This business, which covers the manufacture and distribution of medical, surgical and lab products (rather than drugs), had faced pressure from tariffs and now is being squeezed by elevated petroleum costs.
    — Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Bake potato halves until very tender when squeezed and skin is wrinkled and crisp, 20–25 minutes.
    — Kelsey Jane Youngman, Bon Appetit Magazine, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of squeezed
Verb
  • The war has also compelled US tech companies and Gulf countries to accelerate efforts to develop alternative cable routes bypassing the Strait of Hormuz.
    — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Maybe the running back is compelled to chip Nik Bonitto on the edge instead of Allen inside.
    — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of compelled
Verb
  • Many obliged, joining their leader to shimmy to Selena and other SoCal favorites.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026
  • To such the State renders comparatively small service, and a slight tax is wont to appear exorbitant, particularly if they are obliged to earn it by special labor with their hands.
    — René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of obliged
Verb
  • Knouse alleged it was coerced and that Sabatini created an inappropriate workplace dynamic.
    — Leigh Egan, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2026
  • But if one spouse was coerced into participating or the arbitrator exceeded the authority the couple had agreed to give them, a court could set the decision aside.
    — Asma Uddin, The Conversation, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of coerced
Verb
  • The world harvests about 4 billion cubic meters of wood each year, and demand is projected to approach 6 billion by 2050, but supply is already constrained.
    — Kari Stoever, Footwear News, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Kwon adds that webcomic and webnovel creators bring valuable creative freedom because they are not constrained by the conventions of TV storytelling.
    — Diana Lodderhose, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of constrained
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