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gangland
[ gang-land, -luhnd ]
noun
- the world of organized crime; criminal underworld.
gangland
/ ˈɡæŋˌlænd; -lənd /
noun
- the criminal underworld
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
Analysis of Gordon's gangland conversations revealed he was a man in demand to carry out similar attacks across the north-west of England.
Police have arrested and charged eight more people, aged 16 to 38, in an investigation into an ongoing gangland feud.
The Tory MSP said the first minister should instead hold a summit on tackling organised crime following a spate of gangland incidents in recent weeks.
Findlay has since suggested that tackling organised crime would be a more appropriate topic for a summit following a spate of gangland incidents in recent weeks.
Detectives are investigating whether simultaneous fire-raising attacks on two houses in Bishopbriggs are the latest incidents connected to an ongoing gangland feud.
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