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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

gangsterize en · VERB

Etymology

From gangster + -ize.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To adapt to the norms of gangsters, or violent organized crime.
  2. (transitive) To subject to the abuses of gangsterism.
    • 1970s, Francis E. Dec, Worldwide Open Secret, tract […] such banks as Island Federal Bank of Hempstead gangsterized me and swindled me […]

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
gangsterizing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
gangsterizes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
gangsterized Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
gangsterized Tense=Past lexicographic

Hyponyms

terrorize