in the racket

English

Prepositional phrase

in the racket

1. (slang, euphemistic) Synonym of on the game (“working as a prostitute”)
   • 1942, Federal Probation, page 13:

     Their answer is that they are "put wise" by other girls already in the racket.

   • 1997, Lori Gruen, George E. Panichas, Sex, Morality, and the Law, page 99:

     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.

   • 2013, David P. Ausubel, Martin Meyer Grossack, Mental Health and Segregation, page 104:

     Janet R. is in her late twenties, and has been “in the racket”—prostitution, for twelve years; […]