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racketeering

/rak-i-teer-ing/US // ˌræk ɪˈtɪər ɪŋ //

敲诈勒索,敲诈勒索罪,敲诈罪,敲诈

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the practice of conducting or engaging in a racket, as extortion or bootlegging.

Examples

  • The charges stem from March 2020, when federal prosecutors in New York outlined them in a superseding indictment that followed charges from the previous year of kidnapping, racketeering, forced labor and sexual exploitation of children.

  • Lindell followed with a bizarre countersuit, claiming Dominion engaged in a racketeering conspiracy.

  • Authorities said 17 people have been charged with conspiring to commit racketeering in connection with the ring, which they said operated in Virginia, Maryland and the District.

  • Companies were once loathe to criticize sports organizations they supported, but the high-profile 2015 arrests of FIFA officials and other sports business leaders, for racketeering and other crimes, changed that game.

  • It also charges 11 of those alleged members with participating in a racketeering conspiracy.

  • His weapons charges have been tossed, and racketeering could be next.

  • But that tenure ended when he was sent to prison for five years on a racketeering charge.

  • In 2001, Edwards was found guilty on charges of racketeering and sentenced to ten years in Federal prison.

  • It also says dues go toward paying a more than $15 million federal racketeering settlement.

  • Whatever skills it takes to succeed in espionage or racketeering, I patently lack.

  • It was a shame that he should be imprisoned when racketeering rats like Scorio went scot-free right here in New York.