Usually means: Person engaging in fraudulent business.
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We found 25 dictionaries that define the word racketeer:

General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. racketeer: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. racketeer: Merriam-Webster
  3. racketeer: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. racketeer: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. racketeer: Collins English Dictionary
  6. racketeer: Vocabulary.com
  7. Racketeer, racketeer: Wordnik
  8. racketeer: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. racketeer: Wiktionary
  10. racketeer: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. racketeer: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. racketeer: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. racketeer: Dictionary.com
  14. racketeer: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Racketeer, The Racketeer (novel), The Racketeer: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. racketeer: Rhymezone
  17. racketeer: FreeDictionary.org
  18. racketeer: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. racketeer: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. racketeer: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  3. racketeer: Legal dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. racketeer: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See racketeering as well.)

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▸ noun:  One who commits crimes (especially fraud, bribery, loansharking, extortion etc.) to aid in running a shady or illegal business.
▸ noun:  One who instigates or has involvement with a racket.
▸ verb:  to carry out illegal business activities or criminal schemes.
▸ verb:  to commit crimes systematically as part of a criminal organization.

Similar:
gangster, racketbuster, racketbusting, jackleg, hustler, rascal, operator, rook, trickster, rinky-dink, more...

Opposite:
law-abiding, citizen, upright, decent, ethical

Types:
Mafioso, gangster, mobster, thug, pusher, bootlegger, bagman, enforcer, more...

Phrases:
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, The Racketeer, more...

Adjectives:
notorious, time, big, american, local, successful, petty, political, modern, prominent, black



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Similar:
gangster, racketbuster, racketbusting, jackleg, hustler, rascal, operator, rook, trickster, rinky-dink, more...

Opposite:
law-abiding, citizen, upright, decent, ethical

Types:
Mafioso, gangster, mobster, thug, pusher, bootlegger, bagman, enforcer, more...

Phrases:
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, The Racketeer, more...

Adjectives:
notorious, time, big, american, local, successful, petty, political, modern, prominent, black



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