gangland
English Thesaurus
1. underworld organizations (noun.group)
| hypernym | : | social group, |
| definition | : | people sharing some social relation (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | yakuza, |
| definition | : | organized crime in Japan; an alliance of criminal organizations and illegal enterprises (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | maffia, mafia, sicilian mafia, |
| definition | : | a secret terrorist group in Sicily; originally opposed tyranny but evolved into a criminal organization in the middle of the 19th century (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | black hand, |
| definition | : | a secret terrorist society in the United States early in the 20th century (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | camorra, |
| definition | : | a secret society in Naples notorious for violence and blackmail (noun.group) |
| member holonym | : | gang, mob, pack, ring, |
| definition | : | an association of criminals (noun.group) |
| member meronym | : | underworld, |
| definition | : | the criminal class (noun.group) |
| derivation | : | gang, mob, pack, ring, |
| definition | : | an association of criminals (noun.group) |
| derivation | : | gang, mob, pack, ring, |
| definition | : | an association of criminals (noun.group) |
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