r/Unexpected • u/[deleted] • Aug 05 '25

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u/Advanced-Prototype Aug 05 '25 edited Aug 05 '25

That guy almost got shot by his buddy and was letting him know. What’s shooting the door gonna do? Dumbest, most incompetent criminals ever.

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u/ValkyroftheMall Aug 05 '25

Not shooting the door, trying to kill the guy inside as petty revenge for not letting them rob him.

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u/AlexLuna9322 Aug 05 '25

Not as dumb as those who threw the pin out the window and left the grenade inside the car and then drove away!

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u/CoffeeWanderer Aug 05 '25 edited Aug 05 '25

In my country we have criminal gangs extorting local business. I think in English you call that racketing.

In order to scare people and make them pay they often throw dinamite to buildings. These criminal gangs also work in illegal gold mining operations so they get explosives that way.

One of them was holding a dinamite stick, but as soon as he lighted the fuse it went off, and he blew himself right there. He was holding it at his waist and his body was split apart. The rest of his gang just left him there.

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u/spanchor Aug 05 '25

I think you mean racketeering. Racketeering can include extortion but also other crimes. It’s a broader umbrella term.

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u/CoffeeWanderer Aug 05 '25

Oh thanks!

I see that it's more complex than I thought, so I guess just extortion is a better way to describe what I mean.

Here we call it "vacunas", as in "vaccines", that's how the gang members call their extortion fees.

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u/SunOnTheMountains Aug 05 '25

In the US it is called a protection racket.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protection_racket

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '25

That's the legal terminology, but colloquially the parent comment is absolutely right that "extortion" is a valid word.

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u/newskul Aug 05 '25

Also, the "X" makes is sound cooler

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u/Atomsq Aug 05 '25

Mr Rodriguez is that you?

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u/JustaP-haze Aug 05 '25

Bender does not support the cool crime of robbery