organized crime
noun
: a group of professional criminals who work together as part of a powerful and secret organization
He has links to organized crime.
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The Wall Street Journal reported in May that the DOJ was investigating how Chinese organized crime groups and drug traffickers used TD Bank to launder money derived from the sale of the deadly opiate fentanyl in the United States.
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Dan Mangan, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2024
The perpetrators are real-life mobsters, organized crime syndicates—many of whom engage in child pornography, prostitution, drug trafficking, and other societal ills.
—Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 10 Apr. 2024
Cohn went on to spend 30 years representing many of the biggest names in New York, including athletes, entertainers, a cardinal and organized crime bosses.
—Ron Elving, NPR, 2 June 2024
At the time, organized crime in Milwaukee wasn’t as well-known as the Outfit in Chicago or the Mafia in New York.
—Journal Sentinel, 17 Jan. 2024
Jake investigates organized crime via an informal partnership with Hiroto Katagiri (Ken Watanabe), a policeman who doesn’t fight the yakuza so much as help preserve the equilibrium among their competing factions.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 8 Feb. 2024
Law enforcement authorities believe Romanian organized crime groups are responsible for most of that loss.
—Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 July 2023
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Dan Mangan, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2024
The perpetrators are real-life mobsters, organized crime syndicates—many of whom engage in child pornography, prostitution, drug trafficking, and other societal ills.
—Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 10 Apr. 2024
Cohn went on to spend 30 years representing many of the biggest names in New York, including athletes, entertainers, a cardinal and organized crime bosses.
—Ron Elving, NPR, 2 June 2024
At the time, organized crime in Milwaukee wasn’t as well-known as the Outfit in Chicago or the Mafia in New York.
—Journal Sentinel, 17 Jan. 2024
Jake investigates organized crime via an informal partnership with Hiroto Katagiri (Ken Watanabe), a policeman who doesn’t fight the yakuza so much as help preserve the equilibrium among their competing factions.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 8 Feb. 2024
Law enforcement authorities believe Romanian organized crime groups are responsible for most of that loss.
—Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 July 2023
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“Organized crime.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/organized%20crime. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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