racketeer

美 [ˌrækəˈtɪr]英 [ˌrækəˈtɪə(r)]

racketeer

noun

disapproving诈骗者；非法获取钱财者
a person who makes money through dishonest or illegal activities

频次

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N-COUNT 诈骗者；敲诈勒索者
A racketeer is someone who makes money from illegal activities such as threatening people or selling worthless, immoral, or illegal goods or services.

noun

someone who commits crimes for profit (especially one who obtains money by fraud or extortion)

verb

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1

It could just as well apply to a racketeer or a thief who robs you .

这套说辞对骗子和窃贼同样适用。
2

A racketeer assigned to collect or distribute payoff money . for my berth .

收集或分配贿赂的敲诈者。他们敲诈了我十英镑的床位钱。
3

He was a famous racketeer in Chicago .

他是芝加哥有名的骗子。
4

instead landing it in third place.The Rowling revelation coincided with the paperback release of The Casual Vacancy - her first official post-Potter work - which sold 19548 copies in the same week , making the book number two in the sales chart.Neither title managed to topple John Grisham 's The Racketeer from the top of the chart ,

罗琳披露其真实身份与平装书《偶发空缺》的出版不谋而合——这是她第一次正式出版后波特系列作品——在同一周卖出19548本，位列销售排行榜第二。