organized crime syndicate
1organized crime — n. a system or organization of people and groups engaged in criminal activities * * * Crime committed on a national or international scale by a criminal association; also, the associations themselves. Such associations engage in offenses such as… …
2Organized crime — Crime syndicate redirects here. For the DC Comics group of villains, see Crime Syndicate. For other uses, see Organized crime (disambiguation). Al Capone, a name often associated with organized crime …
3Organized crime in Minneapolis — first attracted national attention in 1903 when mobster Mayor Doc Ames (1842 1911) was exposed by Lincoln Steffens in the book, The Shame of the Cities. Steffens account and subsequent trials revealed a police department recruited from ex felons… …
4organized crime — n: criminal activity on the part of an organized and extensive group of people compare racketeering Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. organiz …
5organized crime — Syndicate Syn di*cate, n. [Cf. F. syndicat, LL. syndicatus.] 1. The office or jurisdiction of a syndic; a council, or body of syndics. Bp. Burnet. [1913 Webster] 2. An association of persons officially authorized to undertake some duty or to… …
6organized crime — n. Groups of persons organized for illegal purposes, such as bootlegging, conducting illegal gambling, loansharking, extortion, etc.; a general term encompassing most forms of criminal groups, but especially those that are consolidated into… …
7organized crime — [n] the underworld Cosa Nostra, gangland, Mafia, mob, organized crime family, the syndicate; concepts 412,645 …
8National Crime Syndicate — The National Crime Syndicate was the name given by the press to a loosely organized multi ethnic organized crime syndicate. Its origins are uncertain. According to writers on organized crime, the Syndicate was founded or established at a May 1929 …
9Organized crime in Chicago — The following is a timeline of Organized Crime in Chicago. see also: Timeline of organized crime Contents 1 Events Timeline 1.1 Pre 1910s 1.2 1910s 1.3 …
10Crime Syndicate of America — For the concept of crime syndicates in general, see Organized crime. Crime Syndicate of America The anti matter Crime Syndicate of Amerika (and counterparts) feature on the cover of the JLA: Earth 2 graphic novel. Art by Frank Quitely. Upside… …
