Meanings
verbgangsterize (third-person singular simple present gangsterizes, present participle gangsterizing, simple past and past participle gangsterized)
present singular third person gangsterizes · participle present gangsterizing · participle past gangsterized · past gangsterized
- transitiveTo adapt to the norms of gangsters, or violent organized crime.
- transitiveTo subject to the abuses of gangsterism.
1970s, Francis E. Dec, Worldwide Open Secret, tract […] such banks as Island Federal Bank of Hempstead gangsterized me and swindled me […]
Origin
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APA
gangsterize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gangsterize
MLA
“gangsterize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gangsterize. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gangsterize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gangsterize.
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