noun
underworld organizations
• Syn: ↑organized crime, ↑gangland
• Derivationally related forms: ↑gang
• Hypernyms: ↑social group
• Hyponyms:
↑yakuza, ↑Mafia, ↑Maffia, ↑Sicilian Mafia, ↑Black Hand, ↑Camorra, ↑syndicate, ↑crime syndicate, ↑mob, ↑family
• Member Holonyms: ↑underworld
Useful english dictionary. 2012.