A place where people meet to engage in illegal or illicit gambling.
the neighbourhood is known for gambling dens and brothels
Example sentencesExamples
- Dozens of students rallied on Saturday to demand the closure of an alleged gambling den.
- At one cafe in London, officers burst into an illegal gambling den where nine people were in the middle of a game of cards.
- Police have detained a high-ranking underworld figure believed to control a stable of vice and illegal gambling dens.
- The Governor must make sure not a single taxpayer dollar is going to keep New York City's gambling dens alive.
- She ran a gambling den in a cellar under a hairdressers in rue de la Ravette.
- The gang handled the usual mafia-like enterprises, such as gambling dens, brothels and protection rackets.
- The commission has been looking into a myriad of claims centring on the fixing of races, bribery and gambling dens.
- Police raided the premises on tip-off that it had become a gambling den, the officials said.
- The space had previously been an illegal gambling den.
- We don't want entertainment spots being used as a cover for gambling dens.