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racketeer

[rak-i-teer] / ˌræk ɪˈtɪər /
NOUN
gangster
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NOUN
crook
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An alleged Chinese racketeer linked to a hugely lucrative scam hub in Myanmar was extradited from Thailand to China on Wednesday, a police official in Bangkok told AFP.

From Barron's ● Nov. 12, 2025

Browner, Chambers and Lesley Chappell Green, 35, of Stone Mountain were all convicted of racketeer influenced and corrupt organization conspiracy.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 22, 2023

It’s what Butler wrestled with when he said he was a racketeer for capitalism: “What if I had thought about what I was doing and fought back? Could I have made a difference?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 18, 2022

There is no evidence Butler gained materially from being “a racketeer for capitalism” — his words — who “helped rape a half a dozen Central American republics for the benefit of Wall Street.”

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 18, 2022

If you should set a thief to catch a thief, what does it take to stop a racketeer...?

From The Ambulance Made Two Trips by Murray Leinster

Mr. Civiletti was known for prosecuting racketeers, public corruption, white-collar crime and drug trafficking.

From New York Times ● Oct. 17, 2022

After World War II especially, racketeers moved in on the popularity of restaurants and nightclubs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2021

With FBI agents posing as officials in the company, and eventually as sheikhs, the group swept up mid-level racketeers until receiving an introduction to Angelo Errichetti, the well-connected mayor of Camden, N.J.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 7, 2018

Brewer-Giorgio, now 78, said the FBI enlisted Presley as an undercover agent in 1976 to help the agency infiltrate a criminal organization called “The Fraternity,” which was apparently made up of dozens of racketeers.

From Time ● Aug. 15, 2017

And the fact that I was “the young Brother Baldwin” increased my value with those same pimps and racketeers who had helped to stampede me into the church in the first place.

From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin

In 36 years in Chicago, I have never been held up, robbed or racketeered.

From Time Magazine Archive

A Singaporean man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a racketeering conspiracy charge in the US for organising one of the biggest ever cryptocurrency thefts.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

Jurors cleared Combs of racketeering and sex trafficking charges.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

A federal judge on Monday sentenced China critic and tycoon Guo Wengui to 30 years in prison for racketeering and fraud, and ordered forfeiture of $889 million associated with his activities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

Johnson was imprisoned late last year for contempt of court after being found civilly liable for $71 million in damages in a civil racketeering case.

From Slate ● May 28, 2026

They were mostly in for white-collar crimes, money schemes, fraud and racketeering.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah


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