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gangsterizing

gangsterizing is the present participle and gerund 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 gangsterizing

What is gangsterizing the present participle and gerund of?
Gangsterizing is the present participle and gerund of gangsterize.

Words near gangsterizing in the dictionary

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

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