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organized crime en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

1. (uncountable) A large criminal organization, or a group of such organizations, that deals in illegal goods and services.
   • Organized crime is largely responsible for the nation’s illicit drug trafficking.
   • The State Department has given Ecuador $81 million since 2018 to help the country with its fight against organized crime and narcotics. 2025 March 19, Hira Humayun and Michael Rios, “Ecuador’s president invites foreign armies to fight gangs in the country”, in CNN:
2. (uncountable) The crimes perpetrated by those organizations.
   • Organized crime has dramatically increased in our neighbourhood.

Forms

Deriveds

OCB · OCTB · OCCB

Relateds

triad · Mafia · mob · gangland · yakuza · Camorra

Translations (44)

ar جَرِيمة مُنَظَّمة (criminal organizations seen as a whole) · th องค์กรอาชญากรรม (criminal organizations seen as a whole) · id kejahatan terorganisir (crimes carried out by these organizations) · cmn 犯罪組織 /犯罪组织 (criminal organizations seen as a whole) · ka ორგანიზებული დამნაშავეობა (criminal organizations seen as a whole) · hu szervezett bűnözés (criminal organizations seen as a whole) · hy կազմակերպված հանցավորություն (criminal organizations seen as a whole) · yue 犯罪組織 /犯罪组织 (criminal organizations seen as a whole) · ja 組織犯罪 (criminal organizations seen as a whole) · da organiseret kriminalitet (criminal organizations seen as a whole) · es hampa (criminal organizations seen as a whole) · be арганізаваная злачыннасць (criminal organizations seen as a whole) · de organisiertes Verbrechen (criminal organizations seen as a whole) · ru организо́ванная престу́пность (criminal organizations seen as a whole) · sv organiserad brottslighet (crimes carried out by these organizations) · sv organiserad kriminalitet (criminal organizations seen as a whole) · de organisiertes Verbrechen (crimes carried out by these organizations) · cmn 有組織犯罪 /有组织犯罪 (crimes carried out by these organizations) · cs organizovaný zločin (criminal organizations seen as a whole) · mn зохион байгуулалттай гэмт хэрэг (criminal organizations seen as a whole) · ro crimă (organizată) (crimes carried out by these organizations) · ka ორგანიზებული დანაშაული (criminal organizations seen as a whole) · gl crime organizado (criminal organizations seen as a whole) · pt crime organizado (criminal organizations seen as a whole) · ro crimă organizată (criminal organizations seen as a whole) · nl georganiseerde misdaad (criminal organizations seen as a whole) · pl przestępczość zorganizowana (criminal organizations seen as a whole) · fr crime organisé (criminal organizations seen as a whole) · pl przestępczość zorganizowana (crimes carried out by these organizations) · pt crime organizado (crimes carried out by these organizations) · kk ұйымдасқан қылмыстылық (crimes carried out by these organizations) · de organisierte Kriminalität (crimes carried out by these organizations) · es crimen organizado (criminal organizations seen as a whole) · ka ორგანიზებული დანაშაულებრიობა (criminal organizations seen as a whole) · fi järjestäytynyt rikollisuus (criminal organizations seen as a whole) · ms jenayah terancang (crimes carried out by these organizations) · sv organiserad brottslighet (criminal organizations seen as a whole) · ru организо́ванная престу́пность (crimes carried out by these organizations) · uk організо́вана злочи́нність (criminal organizations seen as a whole) · id kejahatan terorganisasi (crimes carried out by these organizations) · km ឧក្រិដ្ឋកម្មដែលមានអង្គការចាត់តាំង (criminal organizations seen as a whole) · de organisierte Kriminalität (criminal organizations seen as a whole) · vi tổ chức tội phạm (criminal organizations seen as a whole) · fi järjestäytynyt rikollisuus (crimes carried out by these organizations)