RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS ACT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act mean? 

• RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS ACT (noun)
  The noun RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS ACT has 1 sense:

1. law intended to eradicate organized crime by establishing strong sanctions and forfeiture provisions

  Familiarity information: RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS ACT used as a noun is very rare.

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• RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS ACT (noun)

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Meaning:

Law intended to eradicate organized crime by establishing strong sanctions and forfeiture provisions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

anti-racketeering law; Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act; RICO; RICO Act

Hypernyms ("Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act" is a kind of...):

law (legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)