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racket ['rækɪt]1 noun(b) (snowshoe) raquette f∎ to make a racket faire du boucan ou du barouf;∎ the neighbours are making a terrible racket les voisins font un boucan épouvantable;∎ will you turn that racket off! arrêtez ce boucan!∎ protection racket racket m;∎ drugs racket trafic m de drogue;∎ this lottery is such a racket cette loterie, c'est de l'arnaque;∎ he's involved in some money-laundering racket il trempe dans des affaires de blanchiment d'argent∎ what's your racket? vous travaillez dans quoi?;∎ is she still in the teaching/publishing racket? est-ce qu'elle est encore dans l'enseignement/dans l'édition?□familiar (be noisy) faire du boucan(UNCOUNT) (game) racquet-ball m►► Sport racket cover housse f de raquette;Sport racket-press presse-raquette m -
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racket [ˈrækɪt]a. (for sport) raquette fb. ( = noise) vacarme m• the drugs/stolen car racket le trafic de drogue/des voitures volées* * *['rækɪt]1) Sport raquette f2) (colloq) ( noise) vacarme m, raffut (colloq) mto make a racket — faire du vacarme, faire du raffut
3) ( swindle) escroquerie f4) ( illegal activity) trafic min on the racket — (colloq) dans le coup (colloq)
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protection [prəˈtek∫ən]1. nouna. [of person, property] protection f (from or against sth contre qch ) ; [of interests, rights] sauvegarde fb. (Insurance) garantie f2. compounds• he pays $200 a week protection money il paie 200 dollars par semaine pour ne pas être inquiété ► protection racket noun racket m* * *[prə'tekʃn]1) ( safeguard) lit, fig protection fto give ou offer somebody protection against something — protéger quelqu'un contre quelque chose
for his own protection — ( moral) pour son bien; ( physical) pour le protéger
2) Economics (also trade protection) protectionnisme m3) ( extortion)4) Computing protection fdata protection — protection f de données
5) ( protective clothing)eye protection — lunettes fpl
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extortion racket — ➔ racket * * * extortion racket UK US noun [C] ► an organized illegal activity in which a person or group tries to get money from someone by using force or threats: »Ten people have been arrested on charges of running an extortion racket in the… … Financial and business terms
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
extortion — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ attempted ▪ alleged EXTORTION + NOUN ▪ racket ▪ He was known for running a brutal extortion racket … Collocations dictionary
Racket — Rack et, n. 1. A scheme, dodge, trick, or the like; something taking place considered as exciting, trying, unusual, or the like; also, such occurrence considered as an ordeal; as, to work a racket; to stand upon the racket. [Slang] [Webster 1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
racket — [n1] commotion; fight agitation, babel, battle, blare, brawl, clamor, clangor, clash, clatter, din, disturbance, fracas, free for all*, fuss, hoo ha*, hubbub*, jangle, noise, outcry, pandemonium, riot, roar, row, ruction, rumpus*, shouting,… … New thesaurus
extortion — [n] blackmail; cheating arm, badger, bite, coercion, compulsion, demand, exaction, force, fraud, oppression, payoff, payola*, pressure, protection, racket, rapacity, shake, shakedown*, squeeze, stealing, swindle, theft; concepts 53,139,192,342 … New thesaurus
racket — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. uproar, din, clatter, hubbub; frolic, carouse, rumpus, hurly burly; battledore. See amusement, loudness. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Disturbing noise] Syn. uproar, clatter, din; see noise 2 , uproar . 2.… … English dictionary for students
racket — noun 1 noise ADJECTIVE ▪ deafening, frightful, infernal (esp. BrE), terrible ▪ Stop that infernal racket! VERB + RACKET ▪ make … Collocations dictionary
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 — racket1 /rak it/, n. 1. a loud noise or clamor, esp. of a disturbing or confusing kind; din; uproar: The traffic made a terrible racket in the street below. 2. social excitement, gaiety, or dissipation. 3. an organized illegal activity, such as… … Universalium
Racket — 1. dishonest scheme, trick, etc. (from racket loud noise (i.e. so as to distract the victims of the trick)); 2. organised illegal activity such as the extortion of money by threat or violence from legitimate businessmen; 3. one s legitimate… … Dictionary of Australian slang