Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A member of an organized group of criminals; a racketeer.
- noun A member of a gang of delinquents.
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- noun A member of a
criminal or streetgang . - noun A member of a
professional criminal organization; aracketeer .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a criminal who is a member of gang
Etymologies
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Examples
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The term gangster or mobster refers to a criminal who is a member of a crime organization, such as
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The term gangster or mobster refers to a criminal who is a member of a crime organization, such as a gang.
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Except the gangster is also forcing money from Jonah and Olaf, forcing the timid men to contemplate killing him to protect Stella and themselves.
Night Flights: March 2010 Edition « Screaming Blue Reviews 2010
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And I started to kind of mix in some of the facts of the life that I was living with the music, and we created a genre which they called gangster rap.
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And I started to kind of mix in some of the facts of the life that I was living with the music, and we created a genre which they called gangster rap.
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To be honest, the word gangster is pushing it a bit.
Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2004
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I mean, if you listen closely, it's what they refer to as a gangster rap or a conscious rap.
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A gangster is murdered during a blistering Manhattan heat wave.
New UK Edition of Make Room! Make Room! « Official Harry Harrison News Blog 2008
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A gangster is murdered during a blistering Manhattan heat wave.
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When a powerful gangster is gunned down, his reluctant son must seek revenge and take over the family business.
August 2007 2007
sonofgroucho commented on the word gangster
Epitomised by The Godfather Trilogy.
October 14, 2007
uselessness commented on the word gangster
It feels good to be one, or so I'm told.
October 15, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word gangster
Maybe you could set the building on fire.
October 15, 2007
uselessness commented on the word gangster
I might just have to. You know, I was told I could listen to the radio at a reasonable volume from nine till eleven, and now my stapler's gone and disappeared.
October 15, 2007
reesetee commented on the word gangster
Uselessness, we're gonna need to go ahead and move you downstairs into storage B.
October 15, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word gangster
Don't be greedy.
October 15, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word gangster
Yeah...umm... I'm gonna need to have you put title pages on these comments from now on. Did you get that memo?
(embarrassed because I JUST watched this movie for the first time about a week ago)
October 16, 2007