organized crime

English

Alternative forms

• organised crime

Noun

organized crime (uncountable)

1. 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.

2. The crimes perpetrated by those organizations.

   Organized crime has dramatically increased in our neighbourhood.

Translations

criminal organizations seen as a whole

• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: կազմակերպված հանցավորություն (hy) (kazmakerpvac hancʻavorutʻyun)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 犯罪組織／犯罪组织 (fànzuì zǔzhī), 犯罪组织 (fànzuì zǔzhī)

• Czech: organizovaný zločin m
• Danish: organiseret kriminalitet c
• Dutch: georganiseerde misdaad f
• Finnish: järjestäytynyt rikollisuus (fi)
• French: crime organisé m
• Galician: crime organizado m
• German: organisierte Kriminalität f
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• Hungarian: szervezett bűnözés
• Japanese: 組織犯罪 (そしきはんざい, soshiki hanzai)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Mongolian: зохион байгуулалттай гэмт хэрэг (zoxion bajguulalttaj gemt xereg)
• Polish: przestępczość zorganizowana f
• Portuguese: crime organizado m
• Romanian: crimă organizată f
• Russian: организо́ванная престу́пность (ru) f (organizóvannaja prestúpnostʹ)
• Spanish: crimen organizado m
• Swedish: organiserad brottslighet (sv) c, organiserad kriminalitet c
• Thai: องค์กรอาชญากรรม (ong gon àatyaagam)

crimes carried out by these organizations

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 有組織犯罪／有组织犯罪 (yǒuzǔzhī fànzuì), 有组织犯罪 (yǒuzǔzhī fànzuì)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: järjestäytynyt rikollisuus
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• Polish: przestępczość zorganizowana f
• Portuguese: crime organizado m
• Romanian: crimă (organizată) (ro) f
• Russian: организо́ванная престу́пность (ru) f (organizóvannaja prestúpnostʹ)

See also

• Mafia
• mob
• triad
• yakuza
• Camorra