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Gangland

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. The underworld of organized criminal gangs.

adj. Of, relating to, or carried out by organized criminals: gangland turf; a gangland slaying.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. The underworld of organized crime.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. underworld organizations

Word Usage

"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."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

social group

Hyponym

syndicate yakuza Camorra mob family maffia Mafia sicilian mafia crime syndicate Black Hand

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

gangland-style roxetta invisible-box officer-involved metrosexual drug-related bicoastal ostinato intertribal copycat