racketeer

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If Noriega was a racketeer, then there also were racketeers in this country.

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  1. noun A person who commits crimes such as extortion, loansharking, bribery, and obstruction of justice in furtherance of illegal business activities.
  2. intransitive verb To carry on illegal business activities that involve crimes.

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  • Mad Terry: slum landlord, racketeer, money launderer, killer He couldn't blame Morag Strutton. —  AHMM,September2007
  • Garfield is as good as I've ever seen him, and portly Thomas Gomez oozes sympathy as Garfield's conflicted racketeer brother. —  Scrubbles.net
  • The owner of the Crazy Horse Saloon, the Pink Pony South and a slew of other cabarets nationwide sued his former lawyer and landlord this month because of their still-pending 2007 lawsuit accusing Galardi of being a racketeer, a purveyor of prostitution and a briber of public officials. —  Metro News | ajc.com
  • If Noriega was a racketeer, then there also were racketeers in this country. —  OnlineAthens: Top Headlines
  • "In other words," Scheidler said, "that means I am still a convicted federal racketeer." —  Pro-Life Hotline
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