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crime syndicate

DEFINITIONS OF: crime syndicate

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n a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities

Synonyms:
family, mob, syndicate
Types:
Cosa Nostra, Maffia, Mafia
a crime syndicate in the United States; organized in families; believed to have important relations to the Sicilian Mafia
Type of:
gangdom, gangland, organized crime
underworld organizations
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