a system or organization of people and groups engaged in criminal activities
organized crime
organized crime 
The Mafia is an example of organized crime.
Organized crime is illegal behavior that is planned and carried out by groups of people in a very systematic fashion.
An example of organized crime is the activities of money laundering done by the mafia.
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organized crime
noun
- Crime committed by groups engaged in planned and sustained criminal activities.
- The people and the groups involved in such criminal activities.
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Noun
(uncountable)
- 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.
- The crimes perpetrated by those organizations.
- Organized crime has dramatically increased in our neighbourhood.
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organized crime - Legal Definition
n
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.
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