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Racketeering vs Extortion - What's the difference?
racketeering
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As nouns the difference between
racketeering
and
extortion
is that
racketeering
is the criminal action of being involved in a racket while
extortion
is the practice of extorting money or other property by the use of force or threats.
As a verb
racketeering
is present participle of lang=en.
racketeering
English
(
wikipedia racketeering
)
Noun
(
en-noun
)
The criminal action of being involved in a racket.
Verb
(
head
)
References
extortion
English
Noun
(
wikipedia extortion
) (
en noun
)
The practice of extorting money or other property by the use of force or threats.
Synonyms
* blackmail