Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The underworld of organized criminal gangs.
- adjective Of, relating to, or carried out by organized criminals.
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- noun The
underworld oforganized crime .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun underworld organizations
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Examples
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Another 50 civilians have been bumped-off in gangland-style hits authorized by the Knesset†™ s newest Mafia Don, Ehud Olmert.
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Police were questioning three people about the latest murder in one of the bloodiest feuds in Irish gangland history.
unknown title 2009
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Police were questioning three people about the latest murder in one of the bloodiest feuds in Irish gangland history.
unknown title 2009
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The next big thing in gangland fiction is going to be a fucking blockbuster: A cabal of sociopathic-yet-idiotic rich dudes pull together a coalition of differently-aggrieved white folks that takes over America (by stealing an election), and thus takes over the world.
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Word has it, Danny, that you are also a target in this so-called gangland war for control.
Kill the Irishman Rick Porrello 2011
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Word has it, Danny, that you are also a target in this so-called gangland war for control.
Kill the Irishman Rick Porrello 2011
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Word has it, Danny, that you are also a target in this so-called gangland war for control.
Kill the Irishman Rick Porrello 2011
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Word has it, Danny, that you are also a target in this so-called gangland war for control.
Kill the Irishman Rick Porrello 2011
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Top attraction of the hearing was the testimony of Virginia Hill, known as gangland's sweetheart, who told the investigators that all her income came from "friends" and gambling.
Archive 2009-05-01 2009
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Along the way, the anthology makes multiple stops in Hollywood, the one we know and the one that could never exist, from 30s noir to extraterrestrial infiltration, from a magical "gangland" to destruction after "the big one."
Five things make a post, they say ravenelectrick 2009
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