organized crime
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˌorganized ˈcrime noun [uncountable] SCCCRIMEa large and powerful organization of criminals 犯罪集团 Organized crime is involved in drug trafficking. 犯罪集团介入了贩毒活动。
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organized crime• The property claim signals prosecutors' intention to dismantle what they consider an organized crime syndicate.• New organized crime groups have proved too powerful for the country's weak civic and political institutions to fight.• And war must be waged on organized crime.• And I was thinking it was organized crime.ˌorganized ˈcrime nounChineseSyllable
and powerful large organization Corpus of criminals a
organized crime
ˌorganized ˈcrime
noun [uncountable]
a large and powerful organization of criminals:
Organized crime is involved in drug trafficking.
ˌorganized ˈcrime
noun [uncountable]a large and powerful organization of criminals: