gangland

[gang-land, -luhnd]

noun

1. the world of organized crime; criminal underworld.

gangland

/ ˈɡæŋˌlænd, -lənd /

noun

1. the criminal underworld

Word History and Origins

Origin of gangland¹

An Americanism dating back to 1910–15; gang ¹ + land

Example Sentences

A man has admitted murdering another man in Edinburgh in a gangland shooting on Hogmanay 2023.

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A man who tried using a metal detector to find a hidden gun has pled guilty to involvement in serious and organised crime in the first case connected to a gangland feud in central Scotland.

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Three of Scotland's most high-profile gangland figures who were arrested in Dubai last month have been released.

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They also said there was no intelligence to suggest a link with another gangland feud which has led to a wave of violence across Scotland's central belt this year.

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Burns was also accused of involvement in a gangland shooting in Bishopbriggs earlier in 2015, but was later acquitted after a judge ruled there was insufficient evidence.

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Related Words

• mob 
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• syndicate