extortion racket
noun[C]
ukusanorganizedillegalactivityin which apersonorgrouptriesto getmoneyfrom someone by usingforceorthreats:
Tenpeoplehave beenarrestedonchargesofrunninganextortionracketin thetown.
单词 | extortion racket |
释义 | extortion racket noun[C] ukusanorganizedillegalactivityin which apersonorgrouptriesto getmoneyfrom someone by usingforceorthreats: Tenpeoplehave beenarrestedonchargesofrunninganextortionracketin thetown. Examplesofextortion racketextortion racket In the late 1930s, theextortionracketwas busted by law enforcement. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In anextortionracketthe racketeers agree not to attack a business. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. And they collect millions of dollars by greatly exaggerating the size and danger of such groups, becoming a massiveextortionracket. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Some of my constituents think that it is more akin to anextortionracket. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Through civil suits and new regulations, the city expelled mob employees and vendors and ended the extortion rackets against honest seafood vendors. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. As well as extortion rackets, the groups also worked in car insurance and theft. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Protection rackets are not the same as extortion rackets. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Pirate fleets exercised hegemony over villages on the coast, collecting revenue by exacting tribute and running extortion rackets. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The aim is to push goods on to the road so that extortion rackets can be operated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Most extortion rackets have an impact on their victim. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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