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单词 gangdom
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gangdomn.

Brit. /ˈɡaŋdəm/, U.S. /ˈɡæŋdəm/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: gang n., -dom suffix.
Etymology: < gang n. + -dom suffix.
Chiefly U.S.
Gangs or gangsters collectively; the world of organized crime, the criminal underworld. Cf. gangland n.In quot. 1889 with reference to a political faction referred to as ‘the gang’.
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1889 Rocky Mountain News (Denver) 9 Oct. 1/6 Smasherdom served notice on gangdom that more changes would be asked for... The gang served notice back that they would see every bloody smasher in a warm place first. The gang owned the meeting.
1903 Goshen (Indiana) Mid-week News-Times 17 Nov. The ‘Monk Eastman Gang’ has gained an extra halo of glory in gangdom by getting into trouble in New Jersey.
1930 Observer 19 Oct. 17 A mere commonplace of New York gangdom.
1935 J. T. Farrell Judgment Day iii. 64 Lonigan and..Gallagher together leaped up the career of gangdom's adventurous ladder to fame.
1977 A. Mitra Calcutta Diary viii. 35 The factional murders were giving the gangdom a bad name.
2010 G. K. Bell Murder, Inc. 66 An invaluable source of information for the state of gangdom in the interwar years.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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