protection racket

English

Noun

protection racket (plural protection rackets)

1. (crime) A criminal scheme in which victims are required to pay in order to avoid violence or destruction of property.

Translations

criminal extortion scheme

• Finnish: suojeluraha (fi)
• French: racket (fr) m
• German: Schutzgelderpressung (de) f
• Polish: haracz (pl) m
• Russian: крышева́ние (ru) n (kryševánije)
• Swedish: beskyddarverksamhet c

See also

• protection money
• extortion
• vigilante