Racket allows programmers to add new syntactic constructs in the same way that other languages permit the formulation of procedures, methods, or classes. All you need to do is formulate a simple rule that rewrites a custom syntax to a Racket expression or definition. Racket is a general-purpose, multi-paradigm programming language based on the Scheme dialect of Lisp.It is designed to be a platform for programming language design and implementation. Definition of a racket in the Idioms Dictionary. A racket phrase. What does a racket expression mean? Definitions by the largest Idiom Dictionary. Racket may refer to: Racket (crime), a systematised element of organized crime Protection racket, a scheme whereby a group provides protection to businesses or other groups through violence outside the sanction of the law; Racket (sports equipment), a piece of equipment used to play tennis, badminton, squash, racquetball and other racket sports.
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juice racket
An illegal money-lending operation in which exorbitantly high interest is charged on the amount lent; an act or instance of criminal usury. The notorious gangster was finally brought down for running a years-long juice racket.New legislation is being introduced to clamp down on juice rackets that have been bleeding innocent people dry.
racket
1. A great deal of noise or a loud commotion. What's all that racket, kids?There's an awful racket outside the house.
2. A fraudulent scam or money-making operation. He's always cooking up some racket or another to get rich quick.The mob uses legitimate businesses to conceal the rackets it runs to earn its real profits.
3. slang Any business or occupation, especially one that provides an easy and profitable living. I've got a pretty good racket going between writing my novel and doing freelance work in the evening.
Racketeering Meaning
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2015 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.
land so poor it wouldn't even raise a fuss
and land too poor to raise a racket onRur. land where nothing will grow. I inherited two hundred acres from my uncle, but it's land so poor it wouldn't even raise a fuss.The soil's exhausted. That land is so poor it wouldn't even raise a fuss.Jill can grow a garden anywhere, even on land too poor to raise a racket on.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
juice racket
n. a racket where exorbitant interest is charged on loans. (Underworld.) The cops got one of the leaders of the juice racket.
racket
2. n. a deception; a scam. This is not a service station; it’s a real racket!
3. n. any job. I’ve been in this racket for twenty years and never made any money.
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juice racket
An illegal money-lending operation in which exorbitantly high interest is charged on the amount lent; an act or instance of criminal usury. The notorious gangster was finally brought down for running a years-long juice racket.New legislation is being introduced to clamp down on juice rackets that have been bleeding innocent people dry.
racket
1. A great deal of noise or a loud commotion. What's all that racket, kids?There's an awful racket outside the house.
2. A fraudulent scam or money-making operation. He's always cooking up some racket or another to get rich quick.The mob uses legitimate businesses to conceal the rackets it runs to earn its real profits.
3. slang Any business or occupation, especially one that provides an easy and profitable living. I've got a pretty good racket going between writing my novel and doing freelance work in the evening.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2015 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.
land so poor it wouldn't even raise a fuss
and land too poor to raise a racket onRur. land where nothing will grow. I inherited two hundred acres from my uncle, but it's land so poor it wouldn't even raise a fuss.The soil's exhausted. That land is so poor it wouldn't even raise a fuss.Jill can grow a garden anywhere, even on land too poor to raise a racket on.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
juice racket
n. a racket where exorbitant interest is charged on loans. (Underworld.) The cops got one of the leaders of the juice racket.
racket
Racquetball
2. n. a deception; a scam. This is not a service station; it’s a real racket!
Racketeering
3. n. any job. I’ve been in this racket for twenty years and never made any money.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
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