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gangland

noun as in organized crime

noun as in underworld

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Police Scotland believe all four are linked to criminality, ranging from drug importation to a fresh wave of gangland violence across the central belt.

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Four of Scotland's most high profile gangland figures have been arrested in Dubai.

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On the night Los Angeles police claim he carried out an act of gangland vengeance, Oscar Eagle could barely walk.

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A man has been jailed for 34 years over his role as a getaway driver in a gangland shooting that left a nine-year-old girl with a bullet lodged in her brain.

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A gangland "executioner" who waited four years to take revenge on a prison officer for seizing a phone from his cell has been jailed for a minimum of 45 years for his murder.

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