Explore Racketeering through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like felony. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Racketeering meaning
The criminal action of being involved in a racket; especially, directing it.
Synonyms of Racketeering
Using Racketeering
- The main meaning on this page is: The criminal action of being involved in a racket; especially, directing it.
- Useful related words include: felony.
- In the example corpus, racketeering often appears in combinations such as: racketeering and, of racketeering, racketeering conspiracy.
Context around Racketeering
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 13 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Racketeering
- In this selection, "racketeering" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, criminal, anti, per, conspiracy, charges and scheme stand out and add context to how "racketeering" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include racketeering and racketeering conspiracy charges and a dangerous racketeering scheme. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "racketeering" sits close to words such as adhesive, aleppo and apprehend, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with racketeering
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Jurors in the racketeering trial of ex-Ald. (8 words)
Mack, meanwhile, pleaded guilty to racketeering and racketeering conspiracy charges in April 2019. (13 words)
Mack pleaded guilty earlier this year to racketeering and racketeering conspiracy charges, including extortion and forced labour. (17 words)
The tobacco industry’s funding of Selye’s research was cited as an example of racketeering in the successful anti-racketeering case brought by the US Department of Justice against 7 tobacco companies in 2009. (35 words)
Come Thursday, he is likely to wipe the debate from the news cycle when he turns himself in at a Georgia courthouse on racketeering charges stemming from his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. (34 words)
Former President Donald Trump steps off his plane as he arrives at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Thursday before surrendering on racketeering charges tied to his efforts to reverse his 2020 election loss. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
In Count 1, Racketeering Conspiracy, jurors were asked to consider 14 categories of crimes considered as “predicates” for the racketeering charge.
Mack, meanwhile, pleaded guilty to racketeering and racketeering conspiracy charges in April 2019.
Chen and five others are charged with conspiracy to use interstate facilities to engage in racketeering and promoting, managing and carrying out a racketeering enterprise.
Mack pleaded guilty earlier this year to racketeering and racketeering conspiracy charges, including extortion and forced labour.
E.g. a Cleveland grand jury cleared two bishops of racketeering charges, finding that their mishandling of sex abuse claims did not amount to criminal racketeering.
The tobacco industry’s funding of Selye’s research was cited as an example of racketeering in the successful anti-racketeering case brought by the US Department of Justice against 7 tobacco companies in 2009.
Those found guilty of racketeering can be fined up to $25,000 and sentenced to 20 years in prison per racketeering count.
A chance meeting with pharmaceutical sales rep Pete Brenner () puts her on an upwards trajectory economically but dubious path ethically as she becomes entangled in a dangerous racketeering scheme.
A recent indictment alleged the famous rap crew of committing racketeering and a slew of other organized crime-related charges.
A year after the GBI began their Coffee County probe, Powell and 18 other co-defendants were named in a racketeering suit by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.
Come Thursday, he is likely to wipe the debate from the news cycle when he turns himself in at a Georgia courthouse on racketeering charges stemming from his efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
Convicted of 13 counts of racketeering, bribery and attempted extortion in a series of schemes that included holding up developers’ projects unless they hired his private legal firm.
Former President Donald Trump steps off his plane as he arrives at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Thursday before surrendering on racketeering charges tied to his efforts to reverse his 2020 election loss.
Former US president Donald Trump was arrested at a Georgia jail on Thursday on racketeering and conspiracy charges for trying to overturn the 2020 election results in the southern state.
Grisham agreed to plead guilty in April to one count of committing a violent crime as part of a racketeering scheme.
He faces racketeering, bribery and extortion charges in one of the most significant prosecutions to hit the city’s federal courthouse in years.
He noted that the e-process will drastically curb incidences of touting, racketeering and other unpleasant practices that negatively affect the integrity of the process and database of the FCT motor-vehicle registration.
He spent seven years in a federal prison after being convicted of 16 felonies, including bribery, extortion, racketeering, and conspiracy, stemming from kickback schemes when he was mayor.
However, the unfolding drama takes a complex turn, with speculations arising about likely exposure of high-ranking Imo State government officials involved in financial irregularities and land racketeering.
Jurors in the racketeering trial of ex-Ald.
Common combinations with racketeering
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- racketeering and 32×
- of racketeering 23×
- racketeering conspiracy 19×
- and racketeering 17×
- racketeering charges 16×
- to racketeering 11×
- on racketeering 8×
- federal racketeering 8×
- the racketeering 6×
- in racketeering 5×