crime syndicate

English Thesaurus

1. a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities (noun.group)

hypernym	:	gangdom, gangland, organized crime,
definition	:	underworld organizations (noun.group)

hyponym	:	cosa nostra, maffia, mafia,
definition	:	a crime syndicate in the United States; organized in families; believed to have important relations to the Sicilian Mafia (noun.group)

derivation	:	gangster, mobster,
definition	:	a criminal who is a member of gang (noun.person)

derivation	:	gangster, mobster,
definition	:	a criminal who is a member of gang (noun.person)