Organized Crime Definition
noun
Crime committed by groups engaged in planned and sustained criminal activities.
American Heritage
A system or organization of people and groups engaged in criminal activities.
Webster's New World
A widespread group of professional criminals who rely on illegal activities as a way of life and whose activities are coordinated and controlled through some form of centralized syndicate.
Webster's New World Law
A set of large criminal organizations (often competing for markets and territories) that deal in illegal goods and services.
Organized crime is largely responsible for the nation's illicit drug trafficking.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
- gangdom
- gangland
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