gangland
pronunciation
How to pronounce gangland in British English:
UK [ˈgæŋlænd]
How to pronounce gangland in American English:
US [ˈɡæŋˌlænd, -lənd]
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- Noun:
- underworld organizations
Word Origin
- gangland (n.)
- "the criminal underworld; the realm of gangsters," 1912, from gang (n.) + land (n.).
Example
- 1. Gangland killings among drug mafias are a frightening novelty .
- 2. The name stuck , and three decades later it would become associated with sadistic gangland slayings .
- 3. Two of mr coke 's brothers and a sister have been shot dead over the years , either by gangland killers or in shoot-outs with police .
- 4. The former top judicial official and senior policeman was the highest-level person snared in chongqing 's sensational gangland roundup over the past year .
- 5. One person who seized on the phrase was li zhuang , a lawyer who served 18 months in prison after defending a gangland boss arrested in a crackdown orchestrated by mr wang .