gangland

Noun

Meaning

underworld organizations

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After the 1998–2006 Melbourne gangland killings which included the murder of 'Ndrangheta Godfather Frank Benvenuto. Source: Internet

According to Interpol, Xie Jing Ping, 39, and Xie Ying Po, 42, have been charged with a series of violations involved in gangland killings, illegal gambling rings, wildlife smuggling, election destruction, and property damage. Source: Internet

In June 2016 it was revealed that a five-man New IRA hit team were in Dublin's north inner city looking to murder two leading gangsters after one of their associates was shot dead in a gangland feud. Source: Internet

Sega’s open-world gangland saga offers dozens of hours of entertainment as you cruise a neon-drenched 80s Tokyo with ambitious hoodlums Kazuma Kiryu and Goro Majima, working for rival clans and indulging in bone-cracking street fights. Source: Internet

As with the gangs themselves, though, the gangland videos often sit on a blurry line between criminality and sociality. Source: Internet

In 1929, thirty-year-old Al Capone was the undisputed king of Chicago, ruling not only the city’s gangland, but by proxy, the city’s corrupt municipal government as well. Source: Internet

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