gangsterize

verb

Etymology

From gangster + -ize.

  1. derived from *ǵʰengʰ-
  2. inherited from *ganganą
  3. inherited from *gangan
  4. inherited from gangan
  5. inherited from gangen
  6. suffixed as gangster — “gang + ster
  7. suffixed as gangsterize — “gangster + ize

Definitions

  1. To adapt to the norms of gangsters, or violent organized crime.

  2. 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 […]

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