| 词汇 | protection-racket |
| 释义 | protection racket noun[ C ] uk /prəˈtek.ʃən ˌræk.ɪt/ us /prəˈtek.ʃən ˌræk.ɪt/ a criminal system of taking money from people in exchange for agreeing not to hurt them or damage their property: （犯罪行为）收取保护费 The gang ran illegal casinos, brothels, and protection rackets.这一帮派经营非法赌场和妓院，还收保护费。 Crime - general words accuse someone of a crime anti-crime anti-fraud anti-narcotics arrestable caper crookedness delinquency delinquently driving under the influence DUI illegality netherworld non-crime offence on all counts outrage white-collar crime wrongdoing zero tolerance You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Threats & warnings protection racket | Business Englishprotection racket noun[ C ] ukus a situation in which a criminal group demands money from a store owner, company, etc. in exchange for agreeing not to harm them: run a protection racketThese thugs ran a vast protection racket with which all property-owners had to co-operate if they hoped to survive. Examples of protection racketprotection racket Consider the protectionracket-organized crime's practice of providing "protection" for restaurants, shops, and other businesses in return for regular payments. Examples like that of the protectionracket are difficult to reconcile with the claim that practices (and motivating reasons to participate in them) necessarily generate normative reasons. Second, stamp trading resembles the protectionracket, since the threat is always there that another trader will use stamps. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The protectionracket of the stamp trading firms is one of the sinister aspects of this stamp trading development. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There may well be a danger that this might become, as he described it, a type of minor protectionracket. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It has become the largest protectionracket ever invented. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Naturally the protectionracket flourishes, particularly where gaming takes place, and as gambling has increased so has the protectionracket. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The protectionracket has been aggravated by the clubs but it is not new. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The reason is the protectionracket that is the common agricultural policy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Feudal power and law are nothing more nor less than an up-market protectionracket. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We should have done something about the agricultural policy, which is the biggest protectionracket ever invented by man. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 How do the public tell the difference between a genuine service and a virtual protectionracket? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He is not the only one involved in this protectionracket. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a protectionracket at the expense of local authorities, the taxpayer and legitimate claimants. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In effect, it is often a protectionracket on some of the more vulnerable people in our society. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of protection racket These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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