Definition of Racketeer

a person who takes part in a fraudulent or dishonest business

Examples of Racketeer in a sentence

Implicated in at least 10 different fraudulent business deals, the racketeer is facing serious jail time.  🔊

The racketeer headed up a Ponzi scheme and caused several thousand people to lose their life savings through his illegal venture.  🔊

Although his business was a dishonest one, the racketeer seemed to have no problem finding investors.  🔊

Young boys were used to make millions of dollars in a local car-theft ring run by a shameless racketeer.  🔊

Illegally extorting money from fortune 500 companies is the specialty of the corrupt racketeer.  🔊

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