English Explanatory Dictionary

racketeering

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The criminal action of being involved in a racket; especially, directing it.
verb
  1. present participle and gerund of racketeer

Word forms

racketeering racketeerings

Etymology

Coined by the Employers' Association of Chicago in June 1927 in a statement about the influence of organized crime in the Teamsters union.

Synonyms

racketry

Derived words

antiracketeering
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