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Definition of Gangsterism
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gangsterism
Literary usage of Gangsterism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Behind the Mask: Getting to Grips with Crime and Violence in South Africa by Tony Emmett (2000)
"In many respects, gangsterism has become a way of life in the Cape Flats, ...
The growth of gangsterism in the Western Cape must also be seen against the ..."
2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1844)
"gangsterism and political terror are merging more and more. The murderer of the
Chinese telegraph employee belonged to an anti-Japanese secret society but ..."
3. Battle for Ulster: A Study of Internal Security by Tom F. Baldy (1997)
"Somewhat discredited by gangsterism and racketeering, it has a criminal element
as pervasive and as troublesome to the RUG as the Provisional'. ..."
4. International Religious Freedom (2000): Report to Congress by the Department edited by Barbara Larkin (2001)
"SOCIETAL ATTITUDES PAGAD portrays itself as a community organization opposed to
crime, gangsterism, and drugs; however, it is known for its violent ..."
5. Calcutta Review by University of Calcutta (1844)
"... modern societies, an alienation that manifests itself in apathy to elections,
proclivity to political corruption, indulgence in political gangsterism. ..."
6. Low-Intensity Conflict in the Third World by Stephen Blank, Lewis B. Ware, Air University (U.S.). Press (1988)
"... military conflict, as in 1926, the PKI again headed into disaster: premature
planning, fragmented command and control, gangsterism, and lack of support. ..."
7. Unequal Protection: The State Response to Violent Crime on South African Farms by Bronwen Manby, Human Rights Watch (Organization, Rumbi Mabuwa, Human Rights Watch (Organization)., Cheryl Goodenough (2001)
"... (discussed above) or People Against gangsterism and Drugs (PAGAD), a largely
urban Western Cape group, rapidly becoming as much of a problem to society ..."
8. Behind the Mask: Getting to Grips with Crime and Violence in South Africa by Tony Emmett (2000)
"In many respects, gangsterism has become a way of life in the Cape Flats, ...
The growth of gangsterism in the Western Cape must also be seen against the ..."
9. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1844)
"gangsterism and political terror are merging more and more. The murderer of the
Chinese telegraph employee belonged to an anti-Japanese secret society but ..."
10. Battle for Ulster: A Study of Internal Security by Tom F. Baldy (1997)
"Somewhat discredited by gangsterism and racketeering, it has a criminal element
as pervasive and as troublesome to the RUG as the Provisional'. ..."
11. International Religious Freedom (2000): Report to Congress by the Department edited by Barbara Larkin (2001)
"SOCIETAL ATTITUDES PAGAD portrays itself as a community organization opposed to
crime, gangsterism, and drugs; however, it is known for its violent ..."
12. Calcutta Review by University of Calcutta (1844)
"... modern societies, an alienation that manifests itself in apathy to elections,
proclivity to political corruption, indulgence in political gangsterism. ..."
13. Low-Intensity Conflict in the Third World by Stephen Blank, Lewis B. Ware, Air University (U.S.). Press (1988)
"... military conflict, as in 1926, the PKI again headed into disaster: premature
planning, fragmented command and control, gangsterism, and lack of support. ..."
14. Unequal Protection: The State Response to Violent Crime on South African Farms by Bronwen Manby, Human Rights Watch (Organization, Rumbi Mabuwa, Human Rights Watch (Organization)., Cheryl Goodenough (2001)
"... (discussed above) or People Against gangsterism and Drugs (PAGAD), a largely
urban Western Cape group, rapidly becoming as much of a problem to society ..."
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