Gangism

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The criminal or antisocial behaviour of gangs. uncountable

    "[…] our Western culture will certainly be in for individuation in its worst forms — political gangism, racketeering gangism, banker-broker gangism, rebate subterfuge, ruthlessly untruthful advertising, […]"

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"[…] our Western culture will certainly be in for individuation in its worst forms — political gangism, racketeering gangism, banker-broker gangism, rebate subterfuge, ruthlessly untruthful advertising, […]"

Etymology

From gang + -ism.

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