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GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. criminal organizations, collectively.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. underworld organizations

Examples

  • “His creator, sickened by the increase of crime decided, in 1931, to create a detective who could deal with gangdom via what he called "the hot lead route.”

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  • “The anguish on Jingles 'brutish face was genuine and everyone in gangdom was well aware of his devotion to Gun Moll.”

    Angel With No Hands

  • “It came when the hated snitch -- for gangdom hates the informer worse than anything else dead or alive -- had turned a sufficiently dark and deserted corner.”

    The Exploits of Elaine

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synonyms (2)

Words with the same meaning

  1. organized crime
  1. gangland

hypernyms (1)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. social group

hyponyms (10)

Words that are more specific

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

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