Definitions for ganglandˈgæŋˌlænd, -lənd

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

gang•landˈgæŋˌlænd, -lənd(n.)

  1. the world of organized crime; criminal underworld.

Origin of gangland:

1910–15, Amer.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. organized crime, gangland, gangdom(noun)

    underworld organizations

Wiktionary

  1. gangland(Noun)

    The underworld of organized crime.


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