racketeer

English edit

Etymology edit

From racket +‎ -eer.

Pronunciation edit

Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

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Noun edit

racketeer (plural racketeers)

One who commits crimes (especially fraud, bribery, loansharking, extortion etc.) to aid in running a shady or illegal business.
One who instigates or has involvement with a racket.

Related terms edit

privateer, profiteer

Translations edit

criminal

Bulgarian: рекетьор m (reketjor)
French: racketteur (fr) m
German: Gauner (de) m, Verbrecher (de) m, Gangster (de) m, Bandit (de) m
Italian: criminale (it) m, malavitoso (it) m
Russian: рэкети́р (ru) m (rɛketír) (extortionist), вымога́тель (ru) m (vymogátelʹ), жу́лик (ru) m (žúlik), моше́нник (ru) m (mošénnik), банди́т (ru) m (bandít)
Tagalog: raketir

Verb edit

racketeer (third-person singular simple present racketeers, present participle racketeering, simple past and past participle racketeered)

to carry out illegal business activities or criminal schemes.
to commit crimes systematically as part of a criminal organization.