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gangsterism

noun

Definition of gangsterism

as in racketeering

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Recent Examples of gangsterism Plot summary The movie is set in Chicago in the 1930s, a time of economic deprivation and bold gangsterism and outlawry. — Alison Eldridge, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Feb. 2026

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Noun

California health clinics accuse an influential union and its leader of racketeering in civil lawsuit.

— Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026
Gunna spent about four years in prison for his role in a wide-ranging racketeering case involving several Atlanta rap personalities.

— AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of racketeering

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While hooliganism and fan violence were a big issue in the 1980s and 90s, incidents gradually declined until today where English fans largely have a much better reputation abroad.

— Patrick Sung Cuadrado, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2026
Robson was United’s best player of the 1980s at a time when crowds were down and the sport was blighted by hooliganism.

— Andy Mitten, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of hooliganism

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The shootings in South Africa are mostly connected to criminality, rather than ideological motive or personal grievance.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026
This allows the industry to continue to profit from criminality no matter the astronomical amount of fraud committed.

— Mike Ryan, Sun Sentinel, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of criminality

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To spin total concoctions into something so riveting is — for better or worse — an admirable cinematic skill, one Hur uses to turn a tale of forensic malfeasance into mass entertainment of considerable quality.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026
The Kawhi Leonard deal, and the financial malfeasance that came with it, has crippled the franchise.

— Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of malfeasance

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Because, until the law learns to bend, robots as actors will remain in a no man’s land of outlawry.

— Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
Plot summary The movie is set in Chicago in the 1930s, a time of economic deprivation and bold gangsterism and outlawry.

— Alison Eldridge, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Feb. 2026

Definition of outlawry

Noun

In a world where true-crime shows of both the fictional and nonfictional variety run rampant on our screens, that’s probably not a bad corporate strategy.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2026
The strip club’s manager, who gave his name as Diego, told The News Thursday that he was not convinced the slaying stemmed from a simple crime of opportunity because the gunman had waited for the victim inside the club.

— Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 25 Sep. 2026

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