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noun

Definition of racketeeringnext
as in gangsterism

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racketeering

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verb

present participle of racketeer
as in extorting

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for racketeering
  1. malfeasance
  2. criminality
  3. coercing
  4. misconduct
  5. hooliganism
  6. crime
  7. exacting
Noun
  • The banker was already susceptible to corruption — and now malfeasance will be condoned?!
    Nathan Bomey, Axios, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Animal-language studies acquired an unshakable odor of malfeasance and scientific malpractice.
    Camille Bromley Gabra Zackman Krish Seenivasan David Mason, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of malfeasance
Noun
  • In reality, there is no correlation between immigration status and criminality.
    Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
  • There were other chances, goals ruled out, Murphy striking the crossbar, and then Joelinton gilded the scoreline after intercepting a pass out from Amadou Onana that straddled negligence and criminality.
    George Caulkin, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of criminality
Verb
  • Pressuring or coercing someone into ending their life would be punishable by up to 14 years in prison.
    Alistair Smout, USA TODAY, 29 Nov. 2024
  • That same sentence will remain for anyone found guilty of tricking, pressuring or coercing someone into making the choice if the bill is ultimately passed.
    David Hodari, NBC News, 29 Nov. 2024
Definition of coercing
Noun
  • Liberty has been a member of the Florida Bar since 2004 and has no history of misconduct.
    Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2025
  • Baldwin’s attorneys accused the state of misconduct, pointing to a batch of unexamined bullets that a potential witness turned over to sheriff’s investigators last March.
    Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of misconduct
Noun
  • That charge came months after his conviction on unrelated charges of violating Russia’s religious liberty and hooliganism laws connected to the burning of a copy of the Quran.
    Joedy McCreary, USA TODAY, 27 Nov. 2024
  • The Den was notorious, closed a record five times by the Football Association because of hooliganism before the gates were padlocked permanently in 1993 ahead of the switch to Senegal Fields, so named because a street of houses called Senegal Road had once stood there.
    Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 12 Aug. 2024
Definition of hooliganism
Noun
  • In a plea agreement filed late Thursday, Deputy Eric Chase Saavedra admitted to conspiring with a crypto mogul who paid $100,000 per month for Saavedra to provide deputies to serve as his round-the-clock bodyguards and sometimes also commit crimes.
    Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2025
  • The Trump team is also considering revoking a Biden administration policy that directed ICE not to pursue immigrants who had not committed other crimes.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 18 Jan. 2025
Definition of crime
Verb
  • The adoption of exacting PE strategies by public market investors can be immensely powerful.
    Alexander Savin, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Made to the same exacting standards as its French sibling, there are now over 100 wineries - and to house discerning Milanese - an increasing number of hotels.
    Sarah Turner, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of exacting
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racketeers

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