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 — UK US noun [countable] [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 Thesaurus: organized crime …   Useful english dictionary

• 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 [ˈrækt] 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