Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

organized crime

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.36 in modern English

Syllables: or-ga-nized crime
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A large criminal organization, or a group of such organizations, that deals in illegal goods and services.

Uncountable

noun

The crimes perpetrated by those organizations.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."
"Organized crime has dramatically increased in our neighbourhood."

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

organised crime (alternative)

Derived Forms

OCB OCCB OCTB

Frequently Paired Words

gangland Camorra Mafia mob triad yakuza

Synonyms

gangland gangdom

Questions

What does organized crime mean?: A large criminal organization, or a group of such organizations, that deals in illegal goods and services.

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