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单词 protection racket
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protection racketnoun [ C ]

a criminal system of taking money from people in exchange for agreeing not to hurt them or damage their property:

The gang ran illegal casinos, brothels, and protection rackets.

protection racketnoun [ C ]

ukus

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 with which all property-owners had to co-operate if they hoped to survive.
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