racket
[noun]
Synonyms:
- noise, clamour, din, disturbance, fuss, outcry, pandemonium, row
- fraud, scheme

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

rack‧et /ˈrækət, ˈrækɪt/ noun
[Sense 1-2: Date: 1500-1600; Origin: Probably from the sound. ]
[Sense 3: Date: 1500-1600; Language: French; Origin: raquette, from Italian racchetta, from Arabic rahah 'front of the hand']

1. [singular] informal a loud noise:
The old machine used to make an awful racket.

2. [countable] informal a dishonest way of obtaining money, such as by threatening people or selling them illegal goods
drugs/gambling/smuggling etc racket
Police believe he is involved in an international smuggling racket. ⇒ protection racket at protection(5)

3.
[countable] (also racquet) a specially shaped piece of wood or metal that you use for hitting the ball in games such as tennis, that has a circle filled with tight strings at one end ⇒ bat:
a tennis racket

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

racket
noun
I. noise
ADJ. appalling, frightful, hellish, terrible
VERB + RACKET make Do you kids have to make such a terrible racket?
PREP. above/over the ~ He had to shout over the racket.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

racket
II. illegal way of making money
ADJ. drugs, extortion, protection, smuggling
VERB + RACKET set up He set up a protection racket and demanded thousands of pounds from local shopkeepers.
control, operate, run | be involved in
PREP. in a/the ~ the other people in this racket
~ in a racket in stolen goods

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲