Synonyms of racketeers

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noun

plural of racketeer

as in gangsters

a person who gets money from another by using force or threats

the racketeer threatened to have his thugs vandalize the shop if the shopkeeper didn't pay him a monthly bribe

Synonyms & Similar Words

• gangsters
• thugs
• blackmailers
• extortionists
• extortioners
• mobsters
• hoodlums
• mafiosi
• ruffians
• swindlers
• profiteers
• chiselers
• bullies
• sharpers
• hustlers
• dodgers
• cheaters
• gougers
• sharks
• defrauders
• button men
• cheats
• blackhanders
• chisellers
• sharpies
• cozeners
• double-dealers

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verb

present tense third-person singular of racketeer

as in extorts

Synonyms & Similar Words

• extorts
• blackmails
• forces
• muscles
• pressures
• coerces
• menaces
• wrests
• compels
• exacts
• sandbags
• threatens
• bullies
• squeezes
• blackjacks
• drives
• impels
• terrorizes
• wrings
• cows
• obliges
• dragoons
• obligates
• browbeats
• presses
• constrains
• high-pressures
• impresses
• shames
• intimidates
• bulldozes
• makes
• drags
• harasses
• arm-twists
• hectors
• hounds
• badgers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• permits
• allows
• lets
• moves
• argues
• induces
• talks (into)
• wins (over)
• prevails (on or upon)
• satisfies
• convinces
• persuades