protection racket in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for protection racket in the English»French Dictionary

protection racket N

protection racket

racket m

Translations for protection racket in the English»French Dictionary

racket [Brit ˈrakɪt, Am ˈrækət] N

1. racket SPORTS:

racket

raquette f

racket attr cover, handle, string, control

de raquette

2. racket (noise):

racket inf

vacarme m

racket inf

raffut m inf

to make a racket

faire du vacarme, faire du raffut

3. racket (swindle):

racket

escroquerie f

it's a racket!

c'est de l'escroquerie!

4. racket (illegal activity):

racket

trafic m

the drugs racket

le trafic des stupéfiants

he's in on the racket inf

il est dans le coup inf

5. racket (business):

racket inf

métier m

racket inf

boulot m inf

protection [Brit prəˈtɛkʃ(ə)n, Am prəˈtɛkʃ(ə)n] N

1. protection (safeguard):

protection lit, fig

protection f (against, from contre, for pour)

to give or offer sb protection against sth coat, insurance, police, shelter, vaccine:

protéger qn contre qc

to need protection against sth

avoir besoin d'être protégé contre qc

to use sth as protection against sth

se servir de qc pour se protéger contre qc

under the protection of

sous la protection de

environmental protection

protection de l'environnement

for his own protection (moral)

pour son bien

for his own protection (physical)

pour le protéger

2. protection ECON:

protection, a. trade protection

protectionnisme m

3. protection (extortion):

to pay sb protection

payer un impôt à qn (pour être protégé)

to buy protection

acheter sa tranquillité (à un racketteur)

4. protection COMPUT:

protection

protection f

data/file protection

protection f de données/fichiers

memory protection , storage protection

protection f de mémoire

5. protection (protective clothing):

head protection

casque m

eye protection

lunettes fpl

protection racket in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for protection racket in the French»English Dictionary

racketter

to run a protection racket

Translations for protection racket in the English»French Dictionary

racket [ˈrækɪt] N

1. racket SPORTS:

racket

raquette f

2. racket pl (games):

racket

jeu m de paume

3. racket no pl inf (noise):

racket

vacarme m

4. racket pej (dishonest scheme):

racket

escroquerie f

protection N no pl

protection

protection f

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

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

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

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The short sale protection racket known as hedge funds is a speculators' dream come true.

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

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No offshore protection racket burden required, too easy.

www.abc.net.au

In essence, this is a specialized form of protection racket.

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

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

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Striking at the very heart of protection racket politics, these initiatives were rarely welcomed -- and sometimes violently suppressed -- by ruling regimes.

foreignpolicy.com

A bully at his secondary modern school, he ran a protection racket with his fellow pupils.

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