Translations for „protection racket“ in the English » Slovenian Dictionary

pro·ˈtec·tion rack·et N

protection racket

pobiranje n davka za mir

Usage examples with protection racket

protection racket

plačilo [or davek] za mir

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

It feels like a protection racket for online players.

arstechnica.com

Or maybe they're just an incumbent in the political protection racket.

calgaryherald.com

Not being stuck to an inward-facing, backward-looking protection racket.

www.ilkleygazette.co.uk

It later transformed into a protection racket, victimizing villagers and landowners alike through violence, intimidation and omert.

en.wikipedia.org

In a protection racket the racketeers agree to defend a business from any attack.

en.wikipedia.org

This is the protection racket: it's us, or chaos.

www.telegraph.co.uk

Sure, he's keeping the city safe from evil, but doesn't that basically amount to a protection racket?

www.gizmodo.com.au

The top aide of the mayor was involved with a protection racket.

en.wikipedia.org

The trigger for the violence was reported to be a conflict over control of the lucrative protection racket surrounding the town's bus terminal.

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By age 16, he had dropped out of school and started his own protection racket.

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