as in racketeering
Related Words
Relevance
Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gangsterism
Noun
-
In 1996, Stanfa received five consecutive life sentences for a series of charges, including murder and racketeering, per CBS News.—
Jordana Comiter,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025 -
In the 1980s, federal prosecutors, including future New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, launched a crackdown, using racketeering laws that carried life sentences and capitalizing on an erosion of the Mafia’s code of silence.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
Noun
-
Stone Island’s former association with hooliganism may be attractive to some extremists, whose members share the same feelings of pride and connection, explained Miller-Idriss.—
Steve Salter,
CNN Money,
15 Oct. 2025
-
Since 1985, drinking alcohol in view of the pitch has been banned in men’s professional football in England and Wales, a relic of moral panic amid rampant hooliganism.—
Lela London,
Forbes.com,
25 July 2025
Noun
-
But the question, as Stephanopoulos kept insisting, was not about whether this rose to the level of criminality.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
-
Be the literal poster children for adolescent criminality?—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Oct. 2025
Noun
-
Although Lehrer has not been accused of any malfeasance regarding the program, his original lawyer, Lennox Lawrence, was previously attorney general of Dominica.—
Brenna Ehrlich,
Rolling Stone,
26 Oct. 2025
-
This tragedy was totally preventable and would have never happened without Biden’s malfeasance.—
Jasmine Baehr , Bill Melugin,
FOXNews.com,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
-
Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage?—
Ingrid Vasquez,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
-
As Robert Kalmey observes, this moment encapsulates what Roman historians thought of as the worst of all of Octavius’s crimes against the state before becoming emperor.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
23 Oct. 2025
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Cite this Entry
“Gangsterism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gangsterism. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share