A crime that affects commerce; esp., a crime directed toward the property or revenues of a commercial establishment. • Examples include robbery of a business, embezzlement, counterfeiting, forgery, prostitution, illegal gambling, and extortion. See 26 CFR § 403.38.
exaction, n. 1. The act of demanding more money than is due; extortion. 2. A fee, reward, or other compensation arbitrarily or wrongfully demanded. [Cases: Extortion and Threats 7, 25. 1. C.J.S. Threats and Unlawful Communications §§ 2–20.] — exact, vb.
Hobbs Act. A federal anti-racketeering act making it a crime to interfere with interstate commerce by extortion, robbery, or physical violence. 18 USCA § 1951. See RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS ACT. [Cases: Extortion and Threats 25.1; Robbery 1. C.J.S. Robbery §§ 2, 4, 12, 90–91; Threats and Unlawful Communications §§ 2–20.]
scotal (skot-[schwa]l). Hist. An extortionary practice by which forest officers forced people to patronize the officers’ alehouses, often in exchange for the officers’ ignoring forest offenses. • This practice was prohibited in 1217 by the Charter of the Forest, ch. 7. — Also spelled scotale (skot-ayl).
racket, n. 1. An organized criminal activity; esp., the extortion of money by threat or violence. 2. A dishonest or fraudulent scheme or business. [Cases: Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations 4, 103. C.J.S. RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations) §§ 4, 6.]
extorting money， etc.， by menaces 通过胁迫勒索钱财等(→blackmail; extortion; threat)
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collection of illegal fees 非法收费 公职人员就某服务事项收取高于法定收费标准的费用。 (→extortion)
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