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PRONUNCIATION OF PROTECTION RACKET

protection racket  [prəˈtɛkʃən ˈrækɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PROTECTION RACKET

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Protection racket is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PROTECTION RACKET MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Protection racket

A protection racket is a scheme whereby a criminal group provides protection to businesses through violence outside the sanction of the law. Through the credible threat of violence, the racketeers deter people from swindling, robbing, injuring, sabotaging or otherwise harming their clients. Protection rackets tend to appear in markets where the police and judiciary cannot be counted on to provide legal protection, either because of incompetence or illegality. Protection rackets are not the same as extortion rackets. In an extortion racket the racketeers agree not to attack a business. In a protection racket the racketeers agree to defend a business from any attack. However, they may threaten to attack or attack the business if it denies protection. Certain scholars, such as Diego Gambetta, classify criminal organizations engaged in protection racketeering as mafia.

Definition of protection racket in the English dictionary

The definition of protection racket in the dictionary is a criminal activity in which money gangsters extort money from victims in exchange for freedom from molestation.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PROTECTION RACKET


backet
ˈbækɪt
Blackett
ˈblækɪt
bracket
ˈbrækɪt
cracket
ˈkrækɪt
jacket
ˈdʒækɪt
leatherjacket
ˈlɛðəˌdʒækɪt
nacket
ˈnækɪt
packet
ˈpækɪt
placket
ˈplækɪt
racket
ˈrækɪt
rackett
ˈrækɪt
racquet
ˈrækɪt
straightjacket
ˈstreɪtˌdʒækɪt
straitjacket
ˈstreɪtˌdʒækɪt
tacket
ˈtækɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PROTECTION RACKET

protect
protectant
protected
protected species
protectingly
protection
protection factor
protection money
protection order
protection ratio
protectionism
protectionist
protective
protective coloration
protective custody
protective tariff
protectively
protectiveness
protector
protectoral

WORDS THAT END LIKE PROTECTION RACKET

angle bracket
Barbour jacket
bed jacket
biker jacket
bomber jacket
book jacket
denim jacket
dinner jacket
dust jacket
flak jacket
income bracket
life jacket
pocket
price bracket
riding jacket
shell jacket
smoking jacket
tennis racket
upper income bracket
water jacket
yellow jacket

Synonyms and antonyms of protection racket in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «protection racket» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PROTECTION RACKET

Find out the translation of protection racket to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of protection racket from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «protection racket» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

保护球拍
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

protección raqueta
570 millions of speakers

English

protection racket
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सुरक्षा रैकेट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مضرب الحماية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

крышевание
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

proteção raquete
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সুরক্ষা রকেট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

racket
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Raket perlindungan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schutzgelderpressung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

保護ラケット
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

보호 라켓
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Raket perlindungan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bảo vệ vợt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பாதுகாப்பு மோசடி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

संरक्षण रॅकेट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Koruma raket
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

protezione racket
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ochrona rakieta
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

кришування
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

protecție rachetă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ρακέτα προστασίας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

beskerming racket
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

skyddsracket
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

beskyttelse racket
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of protection racket

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PROTECTION RACKET»

The term «protection racket» is regularly used and occupies the 55.423 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PROTECTION RACKET» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about protection racket

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PROTECTION RACKET»

Discover the use of protection racket in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to protection racket and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Protection Racket State: Elite Politics, Military ...
As Stanley puts it, "State violence was a currency of relations between state and non-state elites." There are valuable lessons in this book for all those concerned with state-sponsored terror.
William Stanley, 2010
2
The Protection Racket: Patrons, Clients, and the ...
Table of Contents Chapter 1 : The Protection Racket: Patrons, Clients, and the Political-Economy of Security-Provision Markets 1 Chapter 2: Markets versus Hierarchies in Security Production: Contractual Risk, Optimal Contracts, and the ...
Jeffrey M. Cavanaugh, 2007
3
The Unmaking of Soviet Life: Everyday Economies After Socialism
In this chapter I attempt an anthropological study of the politico-economic logic obtaining in these groups, in particular their discourse and practice of their own " law" (zakon) and the emergence of the protection racket (reket) as their central ...
Caroline Humphrey, 2002
4
Rum, Romanism, and Rebellion
... at least a tariff for revenue only, its duties covering government expenses. The question was, should it go beyond that? If it offered protection, how much? Should it hamper foreign imports or wall them out entirely? 6: The Protection Racket.
Mark Wahlgren Summers, 2000
5
W Stands for Women: How the George W. Bush Presidency Shaped ...
Some years ago, Susan Rae Peterson likened the state's relation to women under a system of male domination to a protection racket. The gangland crowd offers protection from other gangs to individuals, their families, and businesses, for a ...
Michaele L. Ferguson, Lori Jo Marso, 2007
6
Racket (crime): Organized Crime, Protection Racket, Numbers ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. A racket is an illegal business, usually run as part of organized crime.
Lambert M. Surhone, Miriam T. Timpledon, Susan F. Marseken, 2010
7
The Racket: How Abortion Became Legal In Australia
In Sydney, the society gynaecologist and sly grog tsar Reginald Stuart-Jones had run an abortion protection racket from the 1930s, with the approval of the city's top cop, Ray Kelly, and his protégé, Don Fergusson. So it is scarcely unthinkable  ...
Haigh, Gideon, Gideon Haigh, 2008
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Law: Metaphysics, Meaning, and Objectivity
Consider the protection racket – organized crime's practice of providing “ protection” for restaurants, shops, and other businesses in return for regular payments. It is essential to the existence of the practice that many of the lower- level criminals ...
Enrique Villanueva, 2007
9
Caught in the Crossfire: Revolutions, Repression, and the ...
The protection racket state is most likely to occur in precisely the type of system that is susceptible to revolutions in the countryside. The agro-export elite dominates the economy to the point that it controls not only agriculture but banking, ...
Thomas David Mason, 2004
10
Myth of National Defense: Essays on the Theory and History ...
In fact, is this not exactly what is also—and more appropriately—referred to as a protection racket? To be sure, S will make peace between A and B, but only so that he himself can rob both of them more profitably. Surely S is better protected,  ...
Hoppe, Hans-Hermann

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PROTECTION RACKET»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term protection racket is used in the context of the following news items.
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Q&A: ABC journalists running protection racket, says Peter Dutton
Immigration Minister Peter Dutton has accused ABC news journalists of running a “protection racket” for Q&A, doubting the sincerity of the public broadcaster's ... «The Australian, Jun 15»
2
L.A. proves it: Minimum-wage hikes are a protection racket for labor …
Whenever politicians are considering an intervention in the economy, you should always ask "who benefits from this increase in government? «Washington Examiner, May 15»
3
Jamie Whyte: Gains tax just a protection racket
This tax is not a way of reducing house prices but a way of divvying up the proceeds of a protection racket. Mafia protect a client's business by threatening to ... «New Zealand Herald, May 15»
4
Malaysia gangsters legitimise protection racket through security …
Many of these guards are nothing more than gangsters who are legitimising their protection racket under the guise of providing security. Residents are effectively ... «The Straits Times, May 15»
5
'Protection racket' claim over police response to The Arches
Are the police in many ways operating a protection racket in this instance, by not only demanding that they be called, but that their time be paid for by the club? «The National, May 15»
6
Former Pigeon Forge detective avoids prison in gambling racket
... Friday rejected a bid by prosecutors to send a former Pigeon Forge Police Department detective to prison for his role in an illegal gambling protection racket. «Knoxville News Sentinel, Apr 15»
7
Wane's kids reliant on protection racket
Wigan Warriors coach Shaun Wane will run with the young half back pairing of George Williams and Sam Powell against Huddersfield and they must be ... «Manchester Evening News, Feb 15»
8
Planned Parenthood Is Operating a Pedophile Protection Racket
"What you're talking about is: Planned Parenthood and the National Abortion Federation operating a nationwide pedophile protection racket, and the law ... «Christian Post, Dec 14»
9
Blackmailers threaten Arcadian Centre restaurant boss in protection
A gang suspected of blackmailing a restaurant owner from Birmingham's Arcadian Centre as part of a protection racket in being hunted by detectives. The five ... «Birmingham Mail, Sep 14»
10
Protection rackets
He argues, convincingly, that gangs offer protection and governance in places where established institutions fail, and that it makes sense for prisoners to join ... «The Economist, Aug 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Protection racket [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/protection-racket>. Apr 2024 ».
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