gangdom

Definitions of gangdom

1. noun

   underworld organizations
   synonyms: gangland, organized crime

   types:

   yakuza

   organized crime in Japan; an alliance of criminal organizations and illegal enterprises

   Maffia, Mafia, Sicilian Mafia

   a secret terrorist group in Sicily; originally opposed tyranny but evolved into a criminal organization in the middle of the 19th century

   Black Hand

   a secret terrorist society in the United States early in the 20th century

   Camorra

   a secret society in Naples notorious for violence and blackmail

   crime syndicate, family, mob, syndicate

   a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities

   Cosa Nostra, Maffia, Mafia

   a crime syndicate in the United States; organized in families; believed to have important relations to the Sicilian Mafia

   type of:

   social group

   people sharing some social relation