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单词 racketeering
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Definition of racketeering in English:

racketeering

noun rakəˈtɪərɪŋˌrækəˈtɪrɪŋ
mass noun
  • Dishonest and fraudulent business dealings.

    racketeering ensnared the economy
    as modifier a local racketeering boss
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It's part of a national chain of illegal racketeering outlets.
    • He was held on racketeering charges but released last week.
    • The paramilitary organisations on both sides have long since been political fronts for gangsterism and racketeering.
    • Today he was named in a federal racketeering lawsuit.
    • He had been convicted four times for labor racketeering.
    • He was acquitted of eight charges involving cocaine racketeering.
    • The Secretary of State revoked his licence because of his involvement in terrorism, racketeering and drug dealing.
    • The privatization of state-owned companies has become a matter of commonplace racketeering.
    • A federal jury convicted him on ten counts of bribery, corruption and racketeering.
    • Plenty can be written about the racketeering that is going on inside global organisations.

Definition of racketeering in US English:

racketeering

nounˌrakəˈtiriNGˌrækəˈtɪrɪŋ
  • Dishonest and fraudulent business dealings.

    racketeering ensnared the economy
    as modifier a local racketeering boss
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It's part of a national chain of illegal racketeering outlets.
    • Today he was named in a federal racketeering lawsuit.
    • He was acquitted of eight charges involving cocaine racketeering.
    • He had been convicted four times for labor racketeering.
    • Plenty can be written about the racketeering that is going on inside global organisations.
    • The privatization of state-owned companies has become a matter of commonplace racketeering.
    • He was held on racketeering charges but released last week.
    • A federal jury convicted him on ten counts of bribery, corruption and racketeering.
    • The Secretary of State revoked his licence because of his involvement in terrorism, racketeering and drug dealing.
    • The paramilitary organisations on both sides have long since been political fronts for gangsterism and racketeering.
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