gangland

plural ganglands

1. The underworld of organized crime.

   The Irish gangland figure Gerry “the monk” Hutch has failed in his bid for a parliamentary seat in a Dublin byelection.

   2026 May 24, Rory Carroll, “Irish gangland figure fails in Dublin byelection bid for seat in parliament”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

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   Australia's reputation as the happy-go-lucky country was turned on its head in the late 1990s as the usually safe streets of the Victorian capital were transformed into a gangland war zone.

   2009 June 30, Anna Coren, “Australia gang war rages over drugs, money and power”, in CNN

   Synonyms: netherworld