28 Moby Thesaurus words for "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