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gangster

[ gang-ster ]

/ ˈgæŋ stər /

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noun

a member of a gang of criminals, especially a racketeer.

Origin of gangster

An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900; gang¹ + -ster

SYNONYMS FOR gangster

mobster, hoodlum, crook, thug; hood, goon.

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Words nearby gangster

gangpunch, gangrel, gangrene, gangrenous stomatitis, gangsta rap, gangster, gangster chic, gangsterism, gangtok, gangue, gangway

Example sentences from the Web for gangster

Are the guys from Vanity Fair and Time battling it out and trying to get gangster with each other?

It Was All a Dream: Drama, Bullshit, and the Rebirth of The Source Magazine |Alex Suskind |October 14, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
What Nucky Johnson was not was a gangster, though he did go to prison for a short stint, like Al Capone, for tax evasion.

'Boardwalk Empire' Left New Jersey and Lost Its Way |Allen Barra |September 7, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The trip was bankrolled by low-level Miami gangster Raul Pacheco, himself already on probation for attempted armed burglary.

MLB’s Next Headache: Cartels, Gangsters, and Their Cuban Superstars |Peter C. Bjarkman |April 18, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Like a gangster shooting in a Hays Code era motion picture, the inhale and the exhale are shown in separate shots.

‘Silicon Valley’ and the Return of Stoner Television |Rich Goldstein |April 10, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

The people here claim they have been victimized by a hostile media and a gangster neo-Nazi government in Kiev.

Pro-Russian Protestors in Ukraine Dream of Soviet Glory Days |David Patrikarakos |April 8, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
You found me in a penitentiary, busted and all in—a thief and a gangster.

The Sky Line of Spruce |Edison Marshall
It mushroomed with a flare of scorching radiance that drove needles of agony into the gangster's body.

Empire |Clifford Donald Simak
Oh, knock it off—where do you get that pirate bit, gangster?

The Syndic |C.M. Kornbluth
There was frank awe in the gangster's voice as he at last broke the silence.

Zehru of Xollar |Hal K. Wells
Danton might possibly have become a legal filibuster, a highwayman or gangster, and finally throttled or hung.

The Origins of Contemporary France, Volume 4 (of 6) |Hippolyte A. Taine

British Dictionary definitions for gangster

gangster

/ (ˈɡæŋstə) /

noun

a member of an organized gang of criminals, esp one who resorts to violence