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gangland

[ gang-land, -luhnd ]

noun

  1. the world of organized crime; criminal underworld.


gangland

/ ˈɡæŋˌlænd; -lənd /

noun

  1. the criminal underworld
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of gangland1

An Americanism dating back to 1910–15; gang 1 + land
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Police have arrested and charged eight more people, aged 16 to 38, in an investigation into an ongoing gangland feud.

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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.

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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.

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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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Police have confirmed a series of fire-raising attacks linked to a gangland feud in Edinburgh may have spread to the west of Scotland.

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