Assertion: extortion | /r/Synonym | the protection racket
Facets:
value: sometimes
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Extortion is sometimes called the "protection racket" since 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.