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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At the time, organized crime in Milwaukee wasn’t as well-known as the Outfit in Chicago or the Mafia in New York.
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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
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 19 Apr. 2024.
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