THESAURUS
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