racketeers in English
noun
1
a person who engages in dishonest and fraudulent business dealings.
She would recount how it was possible to buy anything - from meat, chocolate, cigarettes and the obligatory ‘nylons’ - from the spivs and black market racketeers .
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1. 17 A settling of accounts, a drug deal that went sour, rival protection racketeers?
2. In Bombs, Bullets , and Bribes, a 2020 International Book Awards true crime finalist, you will meet Alex "Shondor" Birns—Public Enemy Number One, friend of powerful Jewish and Italian mobsters, and trusted partner of black gambling racketeers.