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.