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mobster

[ mob-ster ]

noun

  1. a member of a criminal mob.


mobster

/ ˈmɒbstə /

noun

  1. a US slang word for gangster
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of mobster1

1915–20, Americanism; mob 1 (in the sense “a member of a criminal gang”)+ -ster
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Example Sentences

Its Gotham as a right-wing talking point come to life, hollowed out by federal disinvestment and abandoned to the whims of street gangs, mobsters and the benevolent grace of a gazillionaire industrialist named Bruce Wayne.

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He sits in a cell at a Brooklyn jail where many a mobster knows well.

Well, he thought, what do mobsters have to do with suburban New Jersey?

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Gandolfini earned a number of awards for his performance as New Jersey mafia mobster Tony Soprano, including three Emmy Awards, five Screen Actors Guild Awards, and one Golden Globe.

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Twenty-two years ago, the pair famously met on the movie set of "Gigli," in which Affleck plays a bumbling mobster and Lopez plays the woman who helps him kidnap a young man.

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