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racketeering

noun

Etymology

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

Definitions

  1. The criminal action of being involved in a racket

    The criminal action of being involved in a racket; especially, directing it.

  2. present participle and gerund of racketeer

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