Definition of racketeering in English:
racketeering
noun rakəˈtɪərɪŋˌrækəˈtɪrɪŋ
mass nounDishonest and fraudulent business dealings.
racketeering ensnared the economy
as modifier a local racketeering boss
Example sentencesExamples
- It's part of a national chain of illegal racketeering outlets.
- He was held on racketeering charges but released last week.
- The paramilitary organisations on both sides have long since been political fronts for gangsterism and racketeering.
- Today he was named in a federal racketeering lawsuit.
- He had been convicted four times for labor racketeering.
- He was acquitted of eight charges involving cocaine racketeering.
- The Secretary of State revoked his licence because of his involvement in terrorism, racketeering and drug dealing.
- The privatization of state-owned companies has become a matter of commonplace racketeering.
- A federal jury convicted him on ten counts of bribery, corruption and racketeering.
- Plenty can be written about the racketeering that is going on inside global organisations.
Definition of racketeering in US English:
racketeering
nounˌrakəˈtiriNGˌrækəˈtɪrɪŋ
Dishonest and fraudulent business dealings.
racketeering ensnared the economy
as modifier a local racketeering boss
Example sentencesExamples
- It's part of a national chain of illegal racketeering outlets.
- Today he was named in a federal racketeering lawsuit.
- He was acquitted of eight charges involving cocaine racketeering.
- He had been convicted four times for labor racketeering.
- Plenty can be written about the racketeering that is going on inside global organisations.
- The privatization of state-owned companies has become a matter of commonplace racketeering.
- He was held on racketeering charges but released last week.
- A federal jury convicted him on ten counts of bribery, corruption and racketeering.
- The Secretary of State revoked his licence because of his involvement in terrorism, racketeering and drug dealing.
- The paramilitary organisations on both sides have long since been political fronts for gangsterism and racketeering.