gangsterize en · VERB
Etymology
From gangster + -ize.
Meanings
- (transitive) To adapt to the norms of gangsters, or violent organized crime.
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(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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| gangsterizing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| gangsterizes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| gangsterized | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| gangsterized | Tense=Past | lexicographic |