Meanings
nounorganized crime (uncountable)
alternative organised crime
- uncountableA large criminal organization, or a group of such organizations, that deals in illegal goods and services.
Organized crime is largely responsible for the nation’s illicit drug trafficking.
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The State Department has given Ecuador $81 million since 2018 to help the country with its fight against organized crime and narcotics.
2025 March 19, Hira Humayun and Michael Rios, “Ecuador’s president invites foreign armies to fight gangs in the country”, in CNN - uncountableThe crimes perpetrated by those organizations.
Organized crime has dramatically increased in our neighbourhood.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic جَرِيمة مُنَظَّمة
- جَرِيمة مُنَظَّمةcriminal organizations seen as a whole
Chinese Cantonese 犯罪組織 /犯罪组织
- 犯罪組織 /犯罪组织 (faan⁶ zeoi⁶ zou² zik¹)criminal organizations seen as a whole
Chinese Mandarin 犯罪組織 /犯罪组织, 有組織犯罪 /有组织犯罪
- 犯罪組織 /犯罪组织 (fànzuì zǔzhī)criminal organizations seen as a whole
- 有組織犯罪 /有组织犯罪 (yǒuzǔzhī fànzuì)crimes carried out by these organizations
Czech organizovaný zločin
- organizovaný zločincriminal organizations seen as a whole
Danish organiseret kriminalitet
- organiseret kriminalitetcriminal organizations seen as a whole
Dutch georganiseerde misdaad
- georganiseerde misdaadcriminal organizations seen as a whole
Finnish järjestäytynyt rikollisuus, järjestäytynyt rikollisuus
- järjestäytynyt rikollisuuscriminal organizations seen as a whole
- järjestäytynyt rikollisuuscrimes carried out by these organizations
French crime organisé
- crime organisécriminal organizations seen as a whole
German organisiertes Verbrechen, organisierte Kriminalität
- organisiertes Verbrechencriminal organizations seen as a whole
- organisierte Kriminalitätcriminal organizations seen as a whole
- organisiertes Verbrechencrimes carried out by these organizations
- organisierte Kriminalitätcrimes carried out by these organizations
Hungarian szervezett bűnözés
- szervezett bűnözéscriminal organizations seen as a whole
Indonesian kejahatan terorganisasi, kejahatan terorganisir
- kejahatan terorganisasicrimes carried out by these organizations
- kejahatan terorganisircrimes carried out by these organizations
Japanese 組織犯罪
- 組織犯罪 (soshiki hanzai)criminal organizations seen as a whole
Malay jenayah terancang
- jenayah terancangcrimes carried out by these organizations
Polish przestępczość zorganizowana, przestępczość zorganizowana
- przestępczość zorganizowanacriminal organizations seen as a whole
- przestępczość zorganizowanacrimes carried out by these organizations
Portuguese crime organizado, crime organizado
- crime organizadocriminal organizations seen as a whole
- crime organizadocrimes carried out by these organizations
Romanian crimă organizată, crimă (organizată)
- crimă organizatăcriminal organizations seen as a whole
- crimă (organizată)crimes carried out by these organizations
Russian организо́ванная престу́пность, организо́ванная престу́пность
- организо́ванная престу́пность (organizóvannaja prestúpnostʹ)criminal organizations seen as a whole
- организо́ванная престу́пность (organizóvannaja prestúpnostʹ)crimes carried out by these organizations
Spanish crimen organizado, hampa
- crimen organizadocriminal organizations seen as a whole
- hampacriminal organizations seen as a whole
Swedish organiserad brottslighet, organiserad kriminalitet
- organiserad brottslighetcriminal organizations seen as a whole
- organiserad kriminalitetcriminal organizations seen as a whole
- organiserad brottslighetcrimes carried out by these organizations
Thai องค์กรอาชญากรรม
- องค์กรอาชญากรรม (ong gon àatyaagam)criminal organizations seen as a whole
Ukrainian організо́вана злочи́нність
- організо́вана злочи́нність (orhanizóvana zločýnnistʹ)criminal organizations seen as a whole
Vietnamese tổ chức tội phạm
- tổ chức tội phạmcriminal organizations seen as a whole
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APA
organized crime. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/organized%20crime
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“organized crime.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/organized%20crime. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “organized crime,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/organized%20crime.
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