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Racketeering

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The criminal action of being involved in a racket; especially, directing it. uncountable, usually
  2. 2
    engaging in a racket wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of racketeer form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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