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Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A person who engages in an illegal business or other organized illegal activities.
- intransitive verb To engage in an illegal business or other organized illegal activities.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun one who commits crimes (especially
fraud ,bribery ,loansharking ,extortion etc.) to aid in running a shady orillegal business. - noun one who
instigates or hasinvolvement with aracket . - verb to carry out
illegal business activities or criminalschemes . - verb to commit crimes
systematically as part of a criminalorganization .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb carry on illegal business activities involving crime
- noun someone who commits crimes for profit (especially one who obtains money by fraud or extortion)
Etymologies
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Examples
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Time, the great racketeer, is always stealing from us.
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He was identified as a racketeer in hearings before a U.S.
KING - Home 2010
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He was identified as a racketeer in hearings before a U.S.
ajc.com - News 2010
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He was identified as a racketeer in hearings before a U.S.
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Webster's definition of 'racketeer': "one who obtains money by an illegal enterprise usually involving intimidation"
Max Keiser: "Let Them Have Stained Carpets" - Obama's Marie Antoinette Moment 2009
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Three Azerbaijani wrestlers win silvers at European Championship - UPDATE Azerbaijan Press Council announces seven newspapers "racketeer"
Today.Az 2010
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Three Azerbaijani wrestlers win silvers at European Championship - UPDATE Azerbaijan Press Council announces seven newspapers "racketeer"
Today.Az 2010
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Three Azerbaijani wrestlers win silvers at European Championship - UPDATE Azerbaijan Press Council announces seven newspapers "racketeer"
Today.Az 2010
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Three Azerbaijani wrestlers win silvers at European Championship - UPDATE Azerbaijan Press Council announces seven newspapers "racketeer"
Today.Az 2010
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Three Azerbaijani wrestlers win silvers at European Championship - UPDATE Azerbaijan Press Council announces seven newspapers "racketeer"
Today.Az 2010
Related Words
synonyms (64)
Words with the same meaning
- Judas
- Mafioso
- bad person
- bandit
- betrayer
- black marketeer
- blackmailer
- bloodsucker
- bootlegger
- brigand
- convict
- criminal
- crook
- dacoit
- dealer
- deceiver
- delinquent
- desperado
- desperate criminal
- double-dealer
- drug pusher
- evildoer
- extortionist
- felon
- fugitive
- gallows bird
- gangster
- gaolbird
- gray marketeer
- harpy
- hoodlum
- jailbird
- lawbreaker
- leech
- malefactor
- malevolent
- malfeasant
- malfeasor
- misfeasor
- mobsman
- mobster
- moonshiner
- outlaw
- predator
- profiteer
- public enemy
- pusher
- quisling
- raptor
- scofflaw
- shakedown artist
- shark
- sinner
- swindler
- thief
- thug
- traitor
- transgressor
- two-timer
- vampire
- villain
- vulture
- worker of ill
- wrongdoer
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Words that are found in similar contexts
forms (2)
Forms
rhymes (115)
Words with the same terminal sound
- Bombardier
- Chevalier
- Clear
- Deere
- Fear
- Greer
- Imagineer
- Lanier
- Lear
- Meir
- Mir
- Rainier
- Revere
- Sabir
- Sameer
- Samir
- Shamir
- Speer
- Zaire
- adhere
- amir
- appear
- auctioneer
- austere
- bandolier
- beer
- belvedere
- bere
- bioengineer
- bombardier
- brigadier
- budgeteer
- career
- cashier
- cavalier
- chandelier
- cheer
- chevalier
- clear
- cohere
- commandeer
- conventioneer
- dear
- deer
- deere
- disappear
- domineer
- ear
- electioneer
- emir
- engineer
- fear
- fier
- financier
- fleer
- frontier
- gear
- geer
- gere
- gondolier
- insincere
- interfere
- jeer
- kier
- kir
- lanier
- lear
- marketeer
- mear
- mere
- mir
- mutineer
- near
- neer
- pamphleteer
- peer
- persevere
- pier
- pioneer
- premier
- premiere
- profiteer
- queer
- rainier
- reappear
- rear
- reengineer
- revere
- sabir
- sear
- sere
- severe
- shear
- sheer
- shere
- sincere
- smear
- sneer
- souvenir
- spear
- speir
- sphere
- steer
- summiteer
- tear
- teer
- unclear
- veer
- veneer
- volunteer
- wazir
- wier
- year
- zahir
- zaire
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