I. |rakə|ti(ə)r, -iə noun
( -s )
Etymology: racket (III) + -eer
: one who extorts money or advantages by threats of violence or by blackmail or by threatened or actual unlawful interference with business or employment : one who engages in a racket
II. verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
intransitive verb
: to carry on a racket : use fraud or intimidation in extorting money or commercial or political advantage
transitive verb
: to practice extortion on
these peddlers are frequently racketeered by gangsters — D.W.Maurer