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Noun: organised crime
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: organized crime)
  1. Underworld organizations
    "The FBI launched a major investigation into organised crime activities in the city";
    - organized crime, gangland, gangdom

Derived forms: organised crimes

Type of: social group

Part of: underworld

Encyclopedia: Organised crime