racket

前回出したクイズ "Three of a kind" の答えです。
解答： 1) charges 2) showers 3) rackets
問題３）は解答を見ても Tennis player が使うracketsしか知らなかったので分かりません。そこで rackets を辞書で引くと（今回はdictionary.comからの引用です）：
1. a loud noise or clamor, esp. of a disturbing or confusing kind; din; uproar: The traffic made a terrible racket in the street below.
2. social excitement, gaiety, or dissipation.
3. an organized illegal activity, such as bootlegging or the extortion of money from legitimate business people by threat or violence.
4. a dishonest scheme, trick, business, activity, etc.: the latest weight-reducing racket.
5. Usually, the rackets. organized illegal activities: Some say that the revenue from legalized gambling supports the rackets.
なるほど、1、2はnoisy partyに 3、4、もMafia ringに関係しますが、5はMafia ringそのものですね。