gangster vs racketeer

gangster

noun
  • A member of a professional criminal organization; a racketeer. 

  • A member of a criminal or street gang. 

verb
  • To act like a gangster; to commit street crime or run a racket. 

racketeer

noun
  • one who instigates or has involvement with a racket. 

  • one who commits crimes (especially fraud, bribery, loansharking, extortion etc.) to aid in running a shady or illegal business. 

verb
  • to commit crimes systematically as part of a criminal organization. 

  • to carry out illegal business activities or criminal schemes. 

How often have the words gangster and racketeer occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )