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gangsterize

gangsterize verb: to adapt to the norms of gangsters, or violent organized crime.

Verb

gangsterize (third-person singular simple present gangsterizes, present participle gangsterizing, simple past and past participle gangsterized)

  1. (transitive) To adapt to the norms of gangsters, or violent organized crime.
  2. (transitive) To subject to the abuses of gangsterism.
    • […] such banks as Island Federal Bank of Hempstead gangsterized me and swindled me […]1970s, Francis E. Dec, Worldwide Open Secret, tract

Forms of gangsterize

third-person singular presentgangsterizes
present participlegangsterizing
past participlegangsterized
pastgangsterized

Origin of gangsterize

From gangster + -ize.

Questions about gangsterize

What does gangsterize mean?
Gangsterize means to adapt to the norms of gangsters, or violent organized crime.
What part of speech is gangsterize?
Gangsterize is a verb.
What is the past tense of gangsterize?
The past tense of gangsterize is gangsterized.

Words near gangsterize in the dictionary

  1. gangstering
  2. gangsterish
  3. gangsterism
  4. gangsterisms
  5. gangsterization
  6. gangsterize
  7. gangsterized
  8. gangsterizes
  9. gangsterizing
  10. gangsterland
  11. gangsterlands

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