gangland
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- noun
- /ˈɡæŋˌlænd/
- Literature
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- A man who authorities here in Marbella have confirmed is fugitive Hans-Erik Wennerström, shot three times in the head a close range in what police are calling a classic gangland execution.
- gangland slayings
- gangland killings
- gangland murder
Now they said the gun was used in a gangland killing a so a police source said, which is rubbish.
- Now they said the gun was used in a gangland killing a so a police source said, which is rubbish.
- I think their parents know as well because we later found on that that two of the boys have parents who are in the gangland world.
- I was just going to say I got charged with gangland murder.
- It's, I'm basically back off the gangland landscape.
Examples
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Mafia kingpin Paul "Big Paul" Castellano was gunned down gangland-style in midtown Manhattan.
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The murder had obviously been due to a gangland feud.
Fiction book (1995) -
This is the site of a gangland murder in Little Tokyo.
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This was no gangland assassination.
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...a gangland killing today in Washington Heights.
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It appeared to be a gangland killing.
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Preliminary reports indicated that it was indeed a gangland homicide.
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The subject was the three gangland-style executions that had occurred in Queens overnight.
Fiction book (1992) -
Set in the southern port city of Busan, the film jumps back and forth between the 1980s and 90s and explores the period when gangland influence and corruption in the civil services ran rampant, forcing the government to declare a ruthless war on organized crime.
Blog text (18) -
Police attribute much of the bloodshed to gangland wars, including contract killings.
Synonyms
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3.4
Illegal acts by groups that plan and work together to make money
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A hidden group of criminals who run illegal businesses
The world of organized gangs involved in crime
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Gangland joins gang, meaning a group of criminals, and land, meaning 'area' or 'world', so it names the area or world controlled by organized gangs.