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organized crime
noun
underworld organizations
Syn: ↑gangland, ↑gangdom
Derivationally related forms: ↑gang (for: ↑gangdom)
Hypernyms: ↑social group
Hyponyms:
yakuza, ↑Mafia, ↑Maffia, ↑Sicilian Mafia, ↑Black Hand, ↑Camorra, ↑syndicate, ↑crime syndicate, ↑mob, ↑family
Member Holonyms: ↑underworld
Member Meronyms: ↑gang, ↑pack, ↑ring, ↑mob

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organized crime UK US noun [uncountable]
criminal activities that are carefully planned and controlled by a large powerful secret organization
Thesaurus: organized crimehyponym types of crimehypernym general words for crimessynonym

Useful english dictionary. 2012.