racketeer

noun

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

1. 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.

1. 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。
2. He was in no sense a political prisoner, but a gangster and racketeer who rightly did six years in jail.
   他绝不是一个政治犯，而是一个歹徒和敲诈勒索犯，罪有应得地在监狱里蹲了6年。
3. He was a famous racketeer in Chicago.
   他是芝加哥有名的骗子。
4. 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。

noun

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

verb

1. carry on illegal business activities involving crime