- protection racket
- pro`tection ,racket noun countan illegal system in which criminals threaten to harm you or your property if you do not give them money
Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.
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protection racket — ➔ racket * * * protection racket UK US noun [C] ► a situation in which a criminal group demands money from a store owner, company, etc. in exchange for agreeing not to harm them: run a protection racket »These thugs ran a vast protection racket… … Financial and business terms
protection racket — UK US noun [countable] [singular protection racket plural protection rackets] an illegal system in which criminals threaten to harm you or your property if you do not give them money Thesaurus: organized crime … Useful english dictionary
Protection racket — A protection racket is an extortion scheme whereby a powerful entity or individual coerces other less powerful entities or individuals to pay protection money which allegedly serves to purchase protection services against various external threats … Wikipedia
protection racket — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms protection racket : singular protection racket plural protection rackets an illegal system in which criminals threaten to harm you or your property if you do not give them money … English dictionary
protection racket — Synonyms and related words: Cosa Nostra, Mafia, badger game, black market, blackmail, bloodsucking, bootlegging, extortion, gambling, gray market, illegal commerce, illegal operations, illegitimate business, illicit business, loan sharking,… … Moby Thesaurus
protection racket — /prəˈtɛkʃən rækət/ (say pruh tekshuhn rakuht) noun a criminal scheme based on the extortion of protection money …
protection racket — noun (C) informal a system in which criminals demand money from you to stop them from damaging your property … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
racket — rack‧et [ˈrækt] noun [countable] COMMERCE a dishonest or illegal way of obtaining money: • He had used his position to set up a cocaine racket. racket in • a racket in stolen goods exˈtortion ˌracket a situation in which criminals get money … Financial and business terms
Racket (crime) — A racket is an illegal business, usually run as part of organized crime. Engaging in a racket is called racketeering. Several forms of racket exist. The best known is the protection racket, in which criminals demand money from businesses in… … Wikipedia
racket — noun 1 noise ADJECTIVE ▪ deafening, frightful, infernal (esp. BrE), terrible ▪ Stop that infernal racket! VERB + RACKET ▪ make … Collocations dictionary
