Added 9 October 2026
racketeering
noun
In Latin: none, coined in 1927 Coined: 1927, by Employers' Association Wiktionary
noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about racketeering at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
Origin
Coined by the Employers' Association of Chicago in June 1927 in a statement about the influence of organized crime in the Teamsters union.
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