gangsterismn.
/ˈɡaŋstərɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈɡæŋstəˌrɪzəm/ The use of methods associated with gangsters, such as intimidation or violence, to further one's ends; organized crime; underworld activity.
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the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > criminality > criminal deed > [noun] > of gangsters
gangsterism1920
racket1925
racketeering1926
society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [noun] > crime > a criminal or law-breaker > criminal gang > practices of
gangsterism1920
Mafiaism1927
1920 Muscatine (Iowa) Jrnl. 25 Sept. 3/6 It is a piece of gangsterism, thuggery and outlawry that will not be tolerated.
1934 Times 31 July 10/2 Political ‘gangsterism’..is only an extreme manifestation of the temper which is being allowed to dominate the whole political outlook.
1962 Daily Tel. 19 Mar. 13/4 The economic gangsterism of capitalism.
1985 T. Ali Nehrus & Gandhis iii. 176 Gangsterism overwhelmed both big business and big politics.
2004 Independent 1 Jan. (Review section) 8/1 The total number of bikers convicted of gangsterism, murder and drug trafficking in Canada.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1920- to go through hell and back again
- to go through hoop
- to go through hoops
- to go through one's facings
- to go through one'the facings
- to go through something with a fine-tooth comb
- to go through something with a finetooth comb
- to go through the hard
- to go through the hards
- to go through the heckle pins
- to go through the hoop
- to go through the hoops
- to go through the mill
- to go through the motions
- to go through the roof
- to go through with a fine-tooth comb
- to go through with a finetooth comb
- to go through-stitch
- to go throughstitch
- to go till
- to go tits up
- to go to
- to go to a better place
- to go to a person's head
- to go to a person's heart