noun
Meaning 1
The underworld of organized crime.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
gangland
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noun
Meaning 2
underworld organizations
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: organized crime, gangdom
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: social group
Narrower terms: yakuza, Mafia, Maffia, Sicilian Mafia, Black Hand, Camorra, syndicate, crime syndicate, mob, family
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English gang Proto-Indo-European *lendh- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Germanic *landą Proto-West Germanic *land Old English land Middle English lond English land English gangland From gang + land.