extortion ring
Organized blackmail operation
An extortion ring is an organized group that systematically extracts money or valuables through threats, intimidation, or coercion.
The ring typically operates across multiple victims, often targeting businesses with threats of violence, property damage, or exposure of damaging information: Police dismantled an extortion ring that had been shaking down local shop owners for years.
- blackmailCoercion through damaging threats
- racketUproar, scam, or paddle
- protection racketExtortion through intimidation
- shakedownForceful extraction of payment
- organized crimeStructured illegal enterprise
mob · crime boss · syndicate · protection money · dirty money · coercion · intimidation · threats · gangsters · payoff · hush money · corruption · bribery · criminal enterprise · criminal network · loan shark · mafia · thugs
- organized crimemafia, mob, the mob, syndicate, crime syndicate
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Voluntary aid for others
charitable organization · philanthropic foundation · mutual aid society · volunteer network · nonprofit organization
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Voluntary aid for others
benevolent society · neighborhood watch · nonprofit · relief agency · humanitarian group
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