illegitimate enterprise

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsracketfraudulent scheme

   Broaderenterprise

Questions about illegitimate enterprise

What does illegitimate enterprise mean?

illegitimate enterprise means "an illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit".

What is another word for illegitimate enterprise?

Close synonyms include racket, fraudulent scheme. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.