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Racket vs. Scam — What's the Difference?

Racket vs. Scam — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Racket and Scam

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Racket

A bat with a round or oval frame strung with catgut, nylon, etc., used especially in tennis, badminton, and squash
A squash racket

Scam

A fraudulent business scheme; a swindle.

Racket

A loud unpleasant noise; a din
The kids were making a racket

Scam

To defraud; swindle.

Racket

An illegal or dishonest scheme for obtaining money
A protection racket
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Scam

A fraudulent deal.
That marketing scheme looks like a scam to me.

Racket

Make or move with a loud unpleasant noise
Trains racketed by

Scam

Something that is promoted using scams.
That new diet burger is a scam.

Racket

Enjoy oneself socially; go in pursuit of pleasure or entertainment
A fabulous car for racketing around Paris

Scam

(ambitransitive) To defraud or embezzle.
They tried to scam her out of her savings.

Racket

A device consisting of an oval or circular frame with a tight interlaced network of strings and a handle, used to strike a ball or shuttlecock in various games.

Scam

A fraudulent business scheme

Racket

A wooden paddle, as one used in table tennis.

Scam

Deprive of by deceit;
He swindled me out of my inheritance
She defrauded the customers who trusted her
The cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change

Racket

A snowshoe.

Racket

A loud distressing noise.

Racket

A dishonest or fraudulent business or practice.

Racket

Often rackets An illegal moneymaking activity, especially one controlled by organized crime.

Racket

An easy, profitable means of livelihood.

Racket

(Slang) A business or occupation.

Racket

To make or move with a loud distressing noise.

Racket

To lead an active social life.

Racket

An implement with a handle connected to a round frame strung with wire, sinew, or plastic cords, and used to hit a ball, such as in tennis or a birdie in badminton.

Racket

(Canada) A snowshoe formed of cords stretched across a long and narrow frame of light wood.

Racket

A broad wooden shoe or patten for a man or horse, to allow walking on marshy or soft ground.

Racket

A loud noise.
Power tools work quickly, but they sure make a racket.
With all the racket they're making, I can't hear myself think!
What's all this racket?

Racket

An illegal scheme for profit; a fraud or swindle; or both coinstantiated.
Prostitution and gambling controlled by rackets
They had quite a racket devised to relieve customers of their money.

Racket

A carouse; any reckless dissipation.

Racket

Something taking place considered as exciting, trying, unusual, etc. or as an ordeal.

Racket

To strike with, or as if with, a racket.

Racket

(intransitive) To make a clattering noise.

Racket

To be dissipated; to carouse.

Racket

A thin strip of wood, having the ends brought together, forming a somewhat elliptical hoop, across which a network of catgut or cord is stretched. It is furnished with a handle, and is used for catching or striking a ball in tennis and similar games.
Each one [of the Indians] has a bat curved like a crosier, and ending in a racket.

Racket

A variety of the game of tennis played with peculiar long-handled rackets; - chiefly in the plural.

Racket

A snowshoe formed of cords stretched across a long and narrow frame of light wood.

Racket

A broad wooden shoe or patten for a man or horse, to enable him to step on marshy or soft ground.

Racket

Confused, clattering noise; din; noisy talk or sport.

Racket

A carouse; any reckless dissipation.

Racket

A scheme, dodge, trick, or the like; something taking place considered as exciting, trying, unusual, or the like; also, such occurrence considered as an ordeal; as, to work a racket; to stand upon the racket.

Racket

An organized illegal activity, such as illegal gambling, bootlegging, or extortion.

Racket

To strike with, or as with, a racket.
Poor man [is] racketed from one temptation to another.

Racket

To make a confused noise or racket.

Racket

To engage in noisy sport; to frolic.

Racket

To carouse or engage in dissipation.

Racket

A loud and disturbing noise

Racket

An illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit

Racket

The auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience;
Modern music is just noise to me

Racket

A sports implement (usually consisting of a handle and an oval frame with a tightly interlaced network of strings) used to strike a ball (or shuttlecock) in various games

Racket

Celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities;
The members of the wedding party made merry all night
Let's whoop it up--the boss is gone!

Racket

Make loud and annoying noises

Racket

Hit (a ball) with a racket

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