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Meaning of "racketeering" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF RACKETEERING

racketeering  [ˌrækɪˈtɪərɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RACKETEERING

noun
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verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Racketeering 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 RACKETEERING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Racket (crime)

A racket is a service that is fraudulently offered to solve a problem, such as for a problem that does not actually exist, will not be affected, or would not otherwise exist. Conducting a racket is racketeering. Particularly, the potential problem may be caused by the same party that offers to solve it, although that fact may be concealed, with the specific intent to engender continual patronage for this party. A prototype is the protection racket, wherein a person or group indicates that they could protect a store from potential damage, damage that the same person or group would otherwise inflict, while the correlation of threat and protection may be more or less deniably veiled, distinguishing it from the more direct act of extortion. Racketeering is often associated with organized crime, and the term was coined by the Employers' Association of Chicago in June 1927 in a statement about the influence of organized crime in the Teamsters union.

Definition of racketeering in the English dictionary

The definition of racketeering in the dictionary is the operating of a racket or illegal enterprise.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RACKETEERING


aspiring
əˈspaɪərɪŋ
bioengineering
ˌbaɪəʊˌɛndʒɪˈnɪərɪŋ
cheering
ˈtʃɪərɪŋ
clearing
ˈklɪərɪŋ
coasteering
ˌkəʊˈstɪərɪŋ
engineering
ˌɛndʒɪˈnɪərɪŋ
firing
ˈfaɪərɪŋ
gearing
ˈɡɪərɪŋ
hearing
ˈhɪərɪŋ
inspiring
ɪnˈspaɪərɪŋ
interfering
ˌɪntəˈfɪərɪŋ
layering
ˈleɪərɪŋ
orienteering
ˌɔːrɪənˈtɪərɪŋ
pamphleteering
ˌpæmfləˈtɪərɪŋ
pioneering
ˌpaɪəˈnɪərɪŋ
profiteering
ˌprɒfɪˈtɪərɪŋ
retiring
rɪˈtaɪərɪŋ
self-steering
ˌsɛlfˈstɪərɪŋ
steering
ˈstɪərɪŋ
wiring
ˈwaɪərɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RACKETEERING

rack-and-pinion
rack-rent
rack-renter
rackabones
racker
racket
racket press
racket sports
racket-tail
racketeer
racketer
racketry
rackets
rackett
rackety
rackful
Rackham
racking
rackingly
rackle

WORDS THAT END LIKE RACKETEERING

bring
catering
civil engineering
considering
covering
electrical engineering
empowering
fingering
flowering
gathering
hovering
lowering
mechanical engineering
offering
ordering
recovering
rendering
suffering
wandering
watering
wondering

Synonyms and antonyms of racketeering in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «RACKETEERING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «racketeering» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of racketeering

Translation of «racketeering» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RACKETEERING

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

Translator English - Chinese

敲诈勒索
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

crimen organizado
570 millions of speakers

English

racketeering
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

धमकी देकर मांगना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الابتزاز
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

рэкет
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

extorsão
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কালোবাজারি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

racket
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Racketeering
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

organisiertes Verbrechen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

違法取引
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

사기
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Raketeering
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự phóng đảng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பயமுறுத்தி பணம் பறித்தல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

धंदेवाईक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

şantaj
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

racket
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ściąganie haraczy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

рекет
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

înșelătorie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εκβιασμός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

afpersing
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

utpressning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pengeutpressing
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of racketeering

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RACKETEERING»

The term «racketeering» is regularly used and occupies the 85.119 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RACKETEERING» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RACKETEERING»

Discover the use of racketeering in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to racketeering and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Corruption and Racketeering in the New York City ...
Wrong-doing on a massive scale is documented at length. But this book is more than a recitation of extensive and systematic criminality. The book recommends a number of plausible options for genuine reform.
Ronald Goldstock, 1990
2
The Upperworld and the Underworld: Case Studies of ...
The volume is an essential resource for students and scholars concerned with issues of crime and its effects on the economy.
Robert J. Kelly, 1999
3
Organizing Crime in Chinatown: Race and Racketeering in New ...
More than a century ago, organized criminals were intrinsically involved with the political, social, and economic life of the Chinese American community.
Jeffrey Scott McIllwain, 2004
4
The Racketeer
Praise for The Racketeer “Exhilarating . . . surprising . . . ingenious.”—Janet Maslin, The New York Times “A satisfying, deeply engrossing thriller in which different forms of justice are ultimately served.”—The Washington Post ...
John Grisham, 2012
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Civil RICO: A Definitive Guide
1980) ("conspiracy can properly be charged as a predicate act of racketeering under RICO, at least when it involves any of the substantive offenses listed in section 1961(1)(D) . . . [the] language [of which] is certainly broad enough on its face ...
Gregory P. Joseph, 2010
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RICO State by State: A Guide to Litigation Under the State ...
A person is guilty of an offense if such person, through a pattern of racketeering activity or its proceeds, acquires or maintains, by investment or otherwise, control of any enterprise. 2. A person is guilty of an offense if the person is employed or ...
John E. Floyd, 1998
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Criminal Law
First, it makes it a crime for any person “who has received any income derived, directly or indirectly, from a pattern of racketeering activity or through collection of an unlawful debt . . . to use or invest [in] any enterprise which is engaged in ...
John Scheb, John Scheb, II, 2011
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Encyclopedia of U.S. Labor and Working-class History
Indeed, the term "racketeering" itself first emerged in Chicago in the 1920s as a way for anti- union employers to condemn the kinds of collusive arrangements that had allowed some labor organizations to become powerful in certain areas of ...
Eric Arnesen, 2007
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Rico: Civil and Criminal Law and Strategy
3.03 Establishing Injury After Sedima [1] — The Sedima Decision It is generally thought that the decision of the Supreme Court in Sedima1 finally put to rest the argument that a special "racketeering injury" must be pleaded and proven in civil  ...
Jed S. Rakoff, 2014
10
Criminal organizations: vice, racketeering, and politics in ...
This book answers many questions about organized crime by presenting a detailed investigation of the organization & delivery of illegal goods & services in "Morrisburg" (a pseudonym for a city in a mid-Atlantic state).
Gary W. Potter, 1994

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RACKETEERING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term racketeering is used in the context of the following news items.
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James 'Whitey' Bulger's racketeering case, minus the gangster …
Bulger was convicted in August in a broad indictment that included racketeering charges in a string of murders in the 1970s and '80s, as well as extortion, ... «Fox News, Jul 15»
2
Ironworkers union boss Joseph Dougherty sentenced in …
Joseph Dougherty, 73, was also ordered to pay more than a half-million dollars' restitution on January convictions of racketeering conspiracy, arson and ... «6abc.com, Jul 15»
3
​Banned FIFA official pleads not guilty to racketeering
Former FIFA official Jeffrey Webb, second from left, appears before United States Magistrate Judge Vera M. Scanlon, right, for arraignment on racketeering and ... «CBS News, Jul 15»
4
Marijuana Opponents Using Racketeering Law to Fight Industry
A federal law crafted to fight the mob is giving marijuana opponents a new strategy in their battle to stop the expanding industry: racketeering lawsuits. «ABC News, Jul 15»
5
Anti-game-violence legislator pleads guilty to racketeering
Former California State Senator Leland Yee (D), best known to gamers as the architect of a law that tried to prevent minors from buying violent video games, has ... «Ars Technica, Jul 15»
6
Homeboy Industries linked to Mexican Mafia racketeering case …
Nearly two dozen members of three Northeast Los Angeles gangs united by the Mexican Mafia have been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of ... «Los Angeles Times, Jun 15»
7
US mobsters plead guilty to racketeering
SIX members of the Lucchese crime family, including a top New Jersey capo and a ruling boss in New York, have pleaded guilty to charges stemming from a US ... «NEWS.com.au, Jun 15»
8
14 alleged BGF gang members indicted on racketeering charges
BALTIMORE - Fourteen men have been indicted on racketeering and drug trafficking offenses as alleged members of the notorious Black Guerilla Family gang. «ABC2 News, Jun 15»
9
6 Philly narcotics officers acquitted in racketeering case
The 26-count federal racketeering indictment, based largely on Walker's account, accused his former colleagues of planting evidence, roughing people up, and ... «Yahoo! Maktoob News, May 15»
10
Judge reduces sentences for 3 educators in Atlanta cheating scandal
All but one of 12 defendants charged with racketeering and other crimes in the Atlanta Public Schools cheating scandal were convicted Wednesday, April 1, ... «kfor.com, Apr 15»

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