gangland
[gang-land, -luh nd]
- the world of organized crime; criminal underworld.
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Origin of gangland
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Examples from the Web for gangland
Contemporary Examples
John Buntin, The New York Times Magazine A plan for peace in gangland.
As for that phone call—in the end, Alvarez-Marquez didn't end up helping the gangland matriarch get into the country.
Historical Examples
Stace Morse—known in gangland as a man with every crime in the calendar to his credit, and prominent because of it!
The Adventures of Jimmie DaleFrank L. Packard
He also was quite a celebrity in that gathering—Larry the Bat was of the aristocracy and the elite of gangland.
The Adventures of Jimmie DaleFrank L. Packard
Fingers of steel had gripped his wrist and the king of gangland rolled over on him, twisting the gun from his hand.
Then from the blasphemous mouth of the king of gangland there came a shriek of awful fear.
And he himself was killed by the gangland of Fort Worth, Tex.
Warren Commission (1 of 26): Hearings Vol. I (of 15)The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
gangland
- the criminal underworld
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