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Black Hand
An organized criminal act that constitutes a type of substantial and repeated business activity. A popular type of Mafia racket is “protection,” in which mobsters demand that a business or individual pay them a fee in exchange for protection from dangerous individuals. Mafia members typically cause damage to the business of those who refuse to pay them for “protection.” Conducting a racket is known as racketeering.
Racket Quotes in The Godfather
The The Godfather quotes below are all either spoken by Racket or refer to Racket. For each quote, you can also see the other terms and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 14 Quotes
When he became a Don and asked opponents to sit down and reason with him, they understood it was the last chance to resolve an affair without bloodshed and murder.
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Here, The young Vito Corleone meets with Clemenza and Tessio and outlines his plan to pay Don Fanucci only $200 of the $700 total that the Black Hand demands from the three men. This is the first instance in the novel where Puzo emphasizes the calculated nature by which Vito amasses and maintains his power in the criminal underworld. Don Corleone’s power stems from his organizational control over various rackets, as well as his interpersonal ability to build networks and relationships backed by both favors and the underlying threat of violence. Don Corleone is a deft negotiator who prefers to Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa
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Racket Term Timeline in The Godfather
The timeline below shows where the term Racket appears in The Godfather. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 14
...Don Corleone proposes a partnership with the Mafia boss Salvatore Maranzano, who controls the gambling rackets in Brooklyn, Maranzano spurns his offer. Corleone retaliates by using his political connections and the...
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Chapter 17
...both sides, especially since police departments are clamping down on their “protection” for various mob rackets until they solve the murder of McCluskey. Eventually, however, newspapers print stories containing definitive proof...
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