crook vs racketeer

racketeer vs crook

crook and racketeer both are nouns.

crook and racketeer both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
crook	Yes	No	Yes	No
racketeer	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, racketeer is a hyponym of crook; that is, racketeer is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than crook:

crook: someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
racketeer: someone who commits crimes for profit (especially one who obtains money by fraud or extortion)

Other hyponyms of crook include accessary, accessory, arsonist, firebug, incendiary, blackmailer, extortioner, extortionist, bootlegger, moonshiner, briber, suborner, coconspirator, conspirator, machinator, plotter, desperado, desperate criminal, fugitive, fugitive from justice, gangster, mobster, highbinder, highjacker, hijacker, goon, hood, hoodlum, punk, strong-armer, thug, tough, toughie, gaolbird, jail bird, jailbird, abductor, kidnaper, kidnapper, snatcher, mafioso, gangster's moll, gun moll, moll, liquidator, manslayer, murderer, parolee, probationer, drug dealer, drug peddler, drug trafficker, peddler, pusher, raper, rapist, habitual criminal, recidivist, repeater, scofflaw, contrabandist, moon-curser, moon curser, runner, smuggler, stealer, thief, traitor, treasonist, law offender, lawbreaker, violator.

crook (noun)	racketeer (noun)
a long staff with one end being hook shaped	someone who commits crimes for profit (especially one who obtains money by fraud or extortion)
someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
a circular segment of a curve

crook (verb)	racketeer (verb)
bend or cause to bend	carry on illegal business activities involving crime

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