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单词 protection racket
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protection racket
noun[C]
uk
/prəˈtek.ʃən ˌræk.ɪt/us
/prəˈtek.ʃən ˌræk.ɪt/
acriminalsystemof takingmoneyfrompeopleinexchangeforagreeingnot tohurtthem ordamagetheirproperty:
（犯罪行为）收取保护费
Thegangranillegalcasinos,brothels, andprotectionrackets.这一帮派经营非法赌场和妓院，还收保护费。
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(Definition ofprotection racketfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

protection racket| Business English

protection racket
noun[C]
uk
us
asituationin which acriminalgroupdemandsmoneyfrom astoreowner,company, etc. inexchangeforagreeingnot toharmthem:
run a protection racketThesethugsranavastprotectionracketwith which all property-owners had toco-operateif theyhopedtosurvive.
(Definition ofprotection racketfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofprotection racket

protection racket
Consider theprotectionracket-organized crime's practice of providing "protection" for restaurants, shops, and other businesses in return for regular payments.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Examples like that of theprotectionracketare difficult to reconcile with the claim that practices (and motivating reasons to participate in them) necessarily generate normative reasons.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Second, stamp trading resembles theprotectionracket, since the threat is always there that another trader will use stamps.
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Theprotectionracketof the stamp trading firms is one of the sinister aspects of this stamp trading development.
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There may well be a danger that this might become, as he described it, a type of minorprotectionracket.
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It has become the largestprotectionracketever invented.
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Naturally theprotectionracketflourishes, particularly where gaming takes place, and as gambling has increased so has theprotectionracket.
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Theprotectionrackethas been aggravated by the clubs but it is not new.
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The reason is theprotectionracketthat is the common agricultural policy.
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Feudal power and law are nothing more nor less than an up-marketprotectionracket.
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We should have done something about the agricultural policy, which is the biggestprotectionracketever invented by man.
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How do the public tell the difference between a genuine service and a virtualprotectionracket?
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He is not the only one involved in thisprotectionracket.
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It is aprotectionracketat the expense of local authorities, the taxpayer and legitimate claimants.
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In effect, it is often aprotectionracketon some of the more vulnerable people in our society.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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