Protection Racket

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Protection Racket

The practice in which businesses and/or individuals in an area periodically pay money to an organized crime syndicate in return for freedom from harassment. In other words, when the money is paid, the syndicate will protect businesses from acts of violence from other groups (or from the syndicate itself).

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