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rack·et·eer

(răk′ĭ-tîr′)

A person who engages in an illegal business or other organized illegal activities.

intr.v. rack·et·eered, rack·et·eer·ing, rack·et·eers

To engage in an illegal business or other organized illegal activities.

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racketeer

(ˌrækɪˈtɪə)

a person engaged in illegal enterprises for profit

(intr) to operate a racket

ˌrackeˈteering n

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rack•et•eer

(ˌræk ɪˈtɪər)

n.

1. a person engaged in an organized illegal activity, as extortion.

v.i.

2. to engage in a racket.

[1925–30, Amer.]

racketeer

Past participle: racketeered
Gerund: racketeering

Imperative
racketeer
racketeer

Present
I racketeer
you racketeer
he/she/it racketeers
we racketeer
you racketeer
they racketeer

Preterite
I racketeered
you racketeered
he/she/it racketeered
we racketeered
you racketeered
they racketeered

Present Continuous
I am racketeering
you are racketeering
he/she/it is racketeering
we are racketeering
you are racketeering
they are racketeering

Present Perfect
I have racketeered
you have racketeered
he/she/it has racketeered
we have racketeered
you have racketeered
they have racketeered

Past Continuous
I was racketeering
you were racketeering
he/she/it was racketeering
we were racketeering
you were racketeering
they were racketeering

Past Perfect
I had racketeered
you had racketeered
he/she/it had racketeered
we had racketeered
you had racketeered
they had racketeered

Future
I will racketeer
you will racketeer
he/she/it will racketeer
we will racketeer
you will racketeer
they will racketeer

Future Perfect
I will have racketeered
you will have racketeered
he/she/it will have racketeered
we will have racketeered
you will have racketeered
they will have racketeered

Future Continuous
I will be racketeering
you will be racketeering
he/she/it will be racketeering
we will be racketeering
you will be racketeering
they will be racketeering

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been racketeering
you have been racketeering
he/she/it has been racketeering
we have been racketeering
you have been racketeering
they have been racketeering

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been racketeering
you will have been racketeering
he/she/it will have been racketeering
we will have been racketeering
you will have been racketeering
they will have been racketeering

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been racketeering
you had been racketeering
he/she/it had been racketeering
we had been racketeering
you had been racketeering
they had been racketeering

Conditional
I would racketeer
you would racketeer
he/she/it would racketeer
we would racketeer
you would racketeer
they would racketeer

Past Conditional
I would have racketeered
you would have racketeered
he/she/it would have racketeered
we would have racketeered
you would have racketeered
they would have racketeered

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Noun	1.	racketeer - someone who commits crimes for profit (especially one who obtains money by fraud or extortion) underworld - the criminal class bagman - a racketeer assigned to collect or distribute payoff money criminal, crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw - someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
Verb	1.	racketeer - carry on illegal business activities involving crime carry on, conduct, deal - direct the course of; manage or control; "You cannot conduct business like this"

Translations

affairiste

camorrista delinquente malavitoso

racketeer

[ˌrækɪˈtɪəʳ] N (esp US) → estafador(a) m/f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

racketeer

[ˌrækɪˈtɪə^r] n (mainly US) → racketteur m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

racketeer

n → Gauner(in) m(f) (inf); (in serious crime) → Gangster(in) m(f); (making excessive profit) → Halsabschneider(in) m(f) (inf)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

racketeer

[ˌrækɪˈtɪəʳ] n (esp Am) → trafficante m/f

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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