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an illegal system in which criminals threaten to harm you or your property if you do not give them money
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
protection racket
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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 — 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 — pro tection ,racket noun count an 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
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
