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Significados de illegitimate enterprise en inglés

An illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit.

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Examples for "racket"
Examples for "racket"
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Martins said, 'The police have implicated Harry in a very serious racket.
The Third Man
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Still, this was about racket, not reality, and Dominique probably was right.
Before you know kindness
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To summarize: Three steps must be taken to smash the war racket.
War is a racket
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Later she said of her racket abuse: I just threw my racket.
The Guardian
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What with all this racket, I can't really hear you too good.
Black house
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According to investigators, the universities were not aware of the fraudulent scheme.
News.com.au
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According to investigators, the universities themselves were not aware of the fraudulent scheme.
News.com.au
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The Glitnir committee said it was complicit in the other defendants' alleged fraudulent scheme.
Reuters
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Two other men involved in the fraudulent scheme were sentenced to 10 months' home detention.
Radio NZ
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I didn't have any connection with any fraudulent scheme.
The Case of the Gold-Digger’s Purse