racketeer
noun
a person engaged in a racket.
racketeers
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present tense formof racketeer (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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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
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 rugby union, in the face of such rapacious man-merchants as the sun king’s racketeers declared itself professional.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 18, 2015
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
