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Racketeer vs Sokaiya - What's the difference?

racketeer | sokaiya |

As nouns the difference between racketeer and sokaiya

is that racketeer is one who commits crimes (especially fraud, bribery, loansharking, extortion etc) to aid in running a shady or illegal business while sokaiya is a form of racketeer in japan who blackmails companies by threatening to publicly humiliate their management.

As a verb racketeer

is to carry out illegal business activities or criminal schemes.

racketeer

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • one who commits crimes (especially fraud, bribery, loansharking, extortion etc.) to aid in running a shady or illegal business.
  • one who instigates or has involvement with a racket.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • to carry out illegal business activities or criminal schemes.
  • to commit crimes systematically as part of a criminal organization.

    • sokaiya

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun) (wikipedia sokaiya)
  • A form of racketeer in Japan who blackmails companies by threatening to publicly humiliate their management.