racketeer
English
noun
Definitions
- one who commits crimes (especially fraud, bribery, loan loansharking, extortion etc.) to aid in running a shady or illegal business.
- one who instigates or has involvement with a racket.
Etymology
Suffix from English racket.
Origin
English
racket
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- racket English
- racketball English
- racketbuster English
- racketbusting English
- racketer English
- rackety English
- racket Italian
- racket Dutch, Flemish
- racket French
- raquette French
- рэкет Russian
- рэкетир Russian
- ラケット Japanese
- raket Middle English
- reket Serbo-Croatian
- raced Welsh
- raket Tagalog
- reket Crimean Tatar