- racket à la protection
- protection racket
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racket à la protection
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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
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
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
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
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
racket — noun 1 noise ADJECTIVE ▪ deafening, frightful, infernal (esp. BrE), terrible ▪ Stop that infernal racket! VERB + RACKET ▪ make … Collocations dictionary
racket — I n. noise 1) to make a racket 2) a terrible racket dishonest practice 3) to operate, run a racket 4) a numbers; protection racket II racquet n. bat used to play tennis 1) to swing a racket 2) to string a racket 3) a badminton; tennis racket * *… … Combinatory dictionary
racket — rack|et [ˈrækıt] n [Sense: 1 2; Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Probably from the sound.] [Sense: 3; Date: 1500 1600; : French; Origin: raquette, from Italian racchetta, from Arabic rahah front of the hand ] 1.) [singular] informal a loud noise ▪ … Dictionary of contemporary English
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
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 — 1 noun 1 (singular) informal a loud noise: They re making a hell of a racket downstairs. see noise 1 2 (C) informal a dishonest way of obtaining money, such as by threatening people or selling them illegal goods: drugs/gambling/smuggling etc… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
