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gangland

noun as in organized crime

noun as in underworld

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Four of Scotland's most high profile gangland figures have been arrested in Dubai.

From BBC

On the night Los Angeles police claim he carried out an act of gangland vengeance, Oscar Eagle could barely walk.

A man has been jailed for 34 years over his role as a getaway driver in a gangland shooting that left a nine-year-old girl with a bullet lodged in her brain.

From BBC

A gangland "executioner" who waited four years to take revenge on a prison officer for seizing a phone from his cell has been jailed for a minimum of 45 years for his murder.

From BBC

The bloody crime scene was compared by investigators to a gangland execution, where Jose Menendez was shot five times, including once in the back of the head.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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