noun. A person who engages in an illegal business or other organized illegal activities.

intransitive verb. To engage in an illegal business or other organized illegal activities.

noun. one who commits crimes (especially fraud, bribery, loansharking, extortion etc.) to aid in running a shady or illegal business.

noun. one who instigates or has involvement with a racket.

verb. to carry out illegal business activities or criminal schemes.

verb. to commit crimes systematically as part of a criminal organization.

verb. carry on illegal business activities involving crime

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

"Time, the great racketeer, is always stealing from us."

carry on  conduct  deal  

Bombardier  Chevalier  Clear  Deere  Fear  

almost-human  clubman  graybeards  hoodlum  larrikin  

Judas  Mafioso  bad person  bandit  betrayer  

racketeering  racketeers