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a person who gets money from another by using force or threats<the racketeer threatened to have his thugs vandalize the shop if the shopkeeper didnʼt pay him a monthly bribe>Synonymsblackmailer, extortioner, extortionistRelated Wordscrook, gangster, hoodlum, mafioso, mobster; bully, ruffian, thug; cheat, cheater, chiseler, confidence man, defrauder, double-dealer, gouger, gyp, hustler, profiteer, shark, sharper, swindler
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