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gangsterized

gangsterized is the simple past and past participle of gangsterize.

Meaning of gangsterize

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

Questions about gangsterized

What is gangsterized the simple past and past participle of?
Gangsterized is the simple past and past participle of gangsterize.

Words near gangsterized in the dictionary

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

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