organized crime

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organized crime

noun organised crime

  1. uncountable A 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.
  2. uncountable The crimes perpetrated by those organizations. Organized crime has dramatically increased in our neighbourhood.

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noun criminal organizations seen as a whole

Españolcrimen organizado, hampa
日本語組織犯罪 soshiki hanzai
中文犯罪組織 /犯罪组织 fànzuì zǔzhī
Portuguêscrime organizado
Françaiscrime organisé
Deutschorganisiertes Verbrechen, organisierte Kriminalität
Românăcrimă organizată
Русскийорганизо́ванная престу́пность organizóvannaja prestúpnostʹ
Tiếng Việttổ chức tội phạm
العربيةجَرِيمة مُنَظَّمة

noun crimes carried out by these organizations

中文有組織犯罪 /有组织犯罪 yǒuzǔzhī fànzuì
Portuguêscrime organizado
Deutschorganisiertes Verbrechen, organisierte Kriminalität
Românăcrimă (organizată)
Русскийорганизо́ванная престу́пность organizóvannaja prestúpnostʹ

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@misc{organized_crime_2026,
  title = {organized crime},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/organized%20crime},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}