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protection rackets

protection rackets is the plural of protection racket.

Meaning of protection racket

Noun

protection racket (plural protection rackets)

  1. (crime) A criminal scheme in which victims are required to pay in order to avoid violence or destruction of property.

Questions about protection rackets

What is protection rackets the plural of?
Protection rackets is the plural of protection racket.

Words near protection rackets in the dictionary

  1. protection courses
  2. protection money
  3. protection proxies
  4. protection proxy
  5. protection racket
  6. protection rackets
  7. protectional
  8. protectionary
  9. protectionism
  10. protectionisms
  11. protectionist

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