racketeering
noun
- engage in an illegal scheme
Wiktionary
noun
Etymology: Coined by the Employers' Association of Chicago in June 1927 in a statement about the influence of organized crime in the Teamsters union.
- The criminal action of being involved in a racket; especially, directing it.
verb
Etymology: Coined by the Employers' Association of Chicago in June 1927 in a statement about the influence of organized crime in the Teamsters union.
- present participle and gerund of racketeer