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Noun Concept
Categories: Organized crime, Organized crime terminology, Articles with short description, All articles needing additional references, Crimes
EN
racket  fraudulent scheme  illegitimate enterprise  racketeering  Antiracketeering
EN
An illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit WordNet 3.0
English:
crime
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An illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Racketeering is a type of organized crime in which the persons set up a coercive, fraudulent, extortionary, or otherwise illegal coordinated scheme or operation to repeatedly or consistently collect a profit. Wikipedia
A systematised element of organized crime Wikipedia Disambiguation
Service that is fraudulently offered to solve a problem Wikidata
A fraud or swindle; an illegal scheme for profit. Wiktionary
Fraud. Wiktionary (translation)
EN
They had quite a racket devised to relieve customers of their money. Wiktionary
IS A
enterprise
crime
offense
PART OF
organized crime
HAS KIND
Black Hand
protection racket
DERIVATION
racketeer
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
EN
racket, fraudulent scheme, illegitimate enterprise
Wikipedia
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racketeering
Wikidata
EN
racket
Wiktionary
EN
racket
Wikipedia Redirections
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Antiracketeering, Crime racket, Crime rackets, Criminal racket, Rackateer, racket (crime), racketeers, rackets (crime), wire room
Wikidata Alias
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racketeering

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