in the racket
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Euphemistic, Slang Synonym of on the game (“working as a prostitute”).
- Their answer is that they are "put wise" by other girls already in the racket.1942, Federal Probation, page 13:
- Many are literally being plundered by their landlord - sex capitalists who often specialize in letting out rooms, flats, or apartments to people in the racket.1997, Lori Gruen, George E. Panichas, Sex, Morality, and the Law, page 99:
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- Janet R. is in her late twenties, and has been “in the racket”—prostitution, for twelve years; […]2013, David P. Ausubel, Martin Meyer Grossack, Mental Health and Segregation, page 104: