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Racketeer

One who commits crimes (especially fraud, bribery, loansharking, extortion etc.) to aid in running a shady or illegal business.

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📖 Definitions of "Racketeer"

noun

1
One who commits crimes (especially fraud, bribery, loansharking, extortion etc.) to aid in running a shady or illegal business.
2
One who instigates or has involvement with a racket.

verb

1
To carry out illegal business activities or criminal schemes.
2
To commit crimes systematically as part of a criminal organization.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Racketeer"

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Word	Definition
gangsternoun	A member of a criminal or street gang.
racketbusternoun	(chiefly US, informal) A person, especially a law enforcement officer, who breaks up criminal rackets.
racketbustingnoun	(chiefly US, informal) The work of a racketbuster, breaking up criminal rackets.
jacklegnoun	(US) An amateur; an untrained or incompetent person.
hustlernoun	One who rushes or hurries; an energetic person.
rascalnoun	(often diminutively) A cheeky person or creature; a troublemaker.
operatornoun	A person or organisation that operates a device, system, service, etc.
rooknoun	(chess) A piece shaped like a castle tower, that can be moved only up, down, left or right (but not diagonally) or in castling.
tricksternoun	One who plays tricks or pranks on others.
rinky-dinknoun	Of poor quality; amateurish, shoddy, small-time.
sharknoun	(ichthyology, countable) Any predatory fish of the superorder Selachimorpha, with a cartilaginous skeleton and 5 to 7 gill slits on each side of its head.
robbernoun	(crime) A person who robs.
rookernoun	A person who rooks (cheats or swindles).
rascallnoun	Obsolete form of rascal. [A dishonest person; a rogue, a scoundrel, a trickster.]
rip-off merchantnoun	(slang) One who charges excessively high prices.
ruffiannoun	A scoundrel, rascal, or unprincipled, deceitful, brutal and unreliable person.
shysternoun	Someone who acts in a disreputable, unethical, or unscrupulous way, especially in the practice of law and politics.
scammernoun	(slang) A person who commits fraud by making dishonest scams and business deals: swindler, cheat, grifter.
grafternoun	(British, colloquial) a hard worker who puts in long hours
banditnoun	One who robs others in a lawless area, especially as part of a group.