gangdom

gangdom

the world of gangs or organized crime.See also: Crime

Thesaurus

Noun

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gangdom - underworld organizations gangland, organized crimesocial group - people sharing some social relationyakuza - organized crime in Japan; an alliance of criminal organizations and illegal enterprisesgang, mob, pack, ring - an association of criminals; "police tried to break up the gang"; "a pack of thieves"underworld - the criminal classSicilian Mafia, Maffia, Mafia - a secret terrorist group in Sicily; originally opposed tyranny but evolved into a criminal organization in the middle of the 19th centuryBlack Hand - a secret terrorist society in the United States early in the 20th centuryCamorra - a secret society in Naples notorious for violence and blackmailcrime syndicate, syndicate, mob, family - a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities