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The traditional and historically most common example of a racket is the "protection racket", in which racketeers offer to protect a business from robbery or vandalism; however, the racketeers will themselves coerce or threaten the business into accepting this service, often with the threat (implicit or otherwise) that failure to acquire the ...
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
Squash racket and ball Racquetball racket and ball. A racket or racquet [1] is an item of sporting equipment used to strike a ball or shuttlecock in a variety of sports. A racket consists of three major components: a widened distal end known as the head, an elongated handle known as the grip, and a reinforced connection between the head and handle known as the throat or heart.
Tweener racket: a tennis racket of mid-weight, mid-head size and mid-stiffness, often used as a transitional racket for young professionals. Twist serve (or American twist serve ): Serve hit with a combination of slice and topspin which results in a curving trajectory and high bounce in the opposite direction of the ball's flight trajectory.
Extortion is sometimes called the "protection racket" because the racketeers often phrase their demands as payment for "protection" from (real or hypothetical) threats from unspecified other parties; though often, and almost always, such "protection" is simply abstinence of harm from the same party, and such is implied in the "protection" offer.
A thriller at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne saw American Madison Keys upset No. 1-ranked women’s singles player Aryna Sabalenka to win the Australian Open on Saturday.. After shaking hands with ...
Synonyms for a specific facial feature. 3. These words describe individuals with refined and/or picky preferences. 4. Different ways to move around in the water.
Rafael Nadal is hanging up the racket. The Spanish tennis player , who collected 22 Grand Slam titles and a record-setting 14 French Open titles, has announced his forthcoming retirement.