Definition of "racketeer" [racketeer]

• A person who commits crimes such as extortion, loansharking, bribery, and obstruction of justice in furtherance of illegal business activities. (noun)
• To carry on illegal business activities that involve crimes. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Time, the great racketeer, is always stealing from us."
• "He was identified as a racketeer in hearings before a U.S."
• "Webster's definition of 'racketeer': "one who obtains money by an illegal enterprise usually involving intimidation""