'racketeer' definitions:
Definition of 'racketeer'
(from WordNet)
noun
Someone who commits crimes for profit (especially one who obtains money by fraud or extortion)
verb
Carry on illegal business activities involving crime
Synonyms of 'racketeer'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bad person,
- bandit,
- betrayer,
- black marketeer,
- blackmailer,
- bloodsucker,
- bootlegger,
- brigand,
- convict,
- criminal,
- crook,
- dacoit,
- dealer,
- deceiver,
- delinquent,
- desperado,
- desperate criminal,
- double-dealer,
- drug pusher,
- evildoer,
- extortionist,
- felon,
- fugitive,
- gallows bird,
- gangster,
- gaolbird,
- gray marketeer,
- harpy,
- hoodlum,
- jailbird,
- Judas,
- lawbreaker,
- leech,
- Mafioso,
- malefactor,
- malevolent,
- malfeasant,
- malfeasor,
- misfeasor,
- mobsman,
- mobster,
- moonshiner,
- outlaw,
- predator,
- profiteer,
- public enemy,
- pusher,
- quisling,
- raptor,
- scofflaw,
- shakedown artist,
- shark,
- sinner,
- swindler,
- thief,
- thug,
- traitor,
- transgressor,
- two-timer,
- vampire,
- villain,
- vulture,
- worker of ill,
- wrongdoer