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A gangland style killing

I hear this term used on the Australian TV news (again tonight). Where and what is/was "gangland"?

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[nq:1]I hear this term used on the Australian TV news (again tonight). Where and what is/was "gangland"?[/nq]
Gangland is in the Merriam-Webster dictionary at m-w.com. Is there more that you need to know besides what that provides?

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[nq:2]I hear this term used on the Australian TV news (again tonight). Where and what is/was "gangland"?[/nq]
[nq:1]Gangland is in the Merriam-Webster dictionary at m-w.com. Is there more that you need to know besides what that provides?[/nq]
The curious thing about "gangland" is that like Academia and **** (sorry about the tautology there) it isn't a place, but more like Texas in that hid
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[nq:1]I hear this term used on the Australian TV news (again tonight). Where and what is/was "gangland"?[/nq]
In Chicago, originally, characterized by such goons as Alphonso Capone.

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[nq:2]I hear this term used on the Australian TV news (again tonight). Where and what is/was "gangland"?[/nq]
[nq:1]In Chicago, originally, characterized by such goons as Alphonso Capone.[/nq]
"Alphonse". Or at least by Google 1,400:27.

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[nq:2]Gangland is in the Merriam-Webster dictionary at m-w.com. Is there more that you need to know besides what that provides?[/nq]
[nq:1]The curious thing about "gangland" is that like Academia and **** (sorry about the tautology there) it isn't ... "in" it. People can be big shots in gangland and many a dark rumour originates there. But where is it?[/nq]
Mostly in Hollywood,
Jan
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[nq:2]In Chicago, originally, characterized by such goons as Alphonso Capone.[/nq]
[nq:1]"Alphonse". Or at least by Google 1,400:27.[/nq]
Apropos of very little, one of Capone's brothers actually became an agent enforcing prohibition.

John Dean
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On 01 Sep 2003 00:00:16 -0700, Evan Kirshenbaum
[nq:2]In Chicago, originally, characterized by such goons as Alphonso Capone.[/nq]
[nq:1]"Alphonse". Or at least by Google 1,400:27.[/nq]
It would be difficult for me to care less what Google says, than I do: it doesn't run my life or tell me how to write. "Alphonso" was more insulting than "Aphonse", funny enough that it is.
Charles

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