protection racket

28 Moby Thesaurus words for "protection racket":
      Cosa Nostra, Mafia, badger game, black market, blackmail,
      bloodsucking, bootlegging, extortion, gambling, gray market,
      illegal commerce, illegal operations, illegitimate business,
      illicit business, loan-sharking, moonshining, narcotics traffic,
      organized crime, prostitution, racket, shady dealings, shakedown,
      the rackets, the syndicate, traffic in women, usury, vampirism,
      white slavery