organized crime

Noun
  1. is a type of: social group - people sharing some social relation
    subtypes:
    • yakuza - organized crime in Japan; an alliance of criminal organizations and illegal enterprises
    • maffia, mafia, sicilian mafia - a secret terrorist group in Sicily; originally opposed tyranny but evolved into a criminal organization in the middle of the 19th century
    • black hand - a secret terrorist society in the United States early in the 20th century
    • camorra - a secret society in Naples notorious for violence and blackmail
    • crime syndicate, family, mob, syndicate - a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities
    member holonym: gang, mob, pack, ring - an association of criminals
    belongs to: underworld - the criminal class
    same as: gangdom, gangland

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