gangsterize
gangsterize · gangsterizes · gangsterized · gangsterizing
To adapt to the norms of gangsters, or violent organized crimeTo adapt to the norms of gangsters, or violent organized crime.
Meaning
2 senses(transitive)To adapt to the norms of gangsters, or violent organized crime.
(transitive)To subject to the abuses of gangsterism.
1970s, Francis E. Dec, Worldwide Open Secret, tract […] such banks as Island Federal Bank of Hempstead gangsterized me and swindled me […]
Origin
From gangster + -ize.From gangster + -ize.
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Forms
gangsterizes, gangsterizing, gangsterized, gangsterized| Base form | gangsterize · to gangsterize |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | gangsterizes |
| Present participle | gangsterizing |
| Past simple | gangsterized |
| Past participle | gangsterized |
regular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle