gangster (noun)
1gangster — ► NOUN ▪ a member of an organized gang of violent criminals. DERIVATIVES gangsterism noun …
2gangster — noun Gangster is used before these nouns: ↑film, ↑movie …
3gangster — noun (C) a member of a violent group of criminals: a gangster movie …
4gangster's moll — noun the girlfriend of a gangster • Syn: ↑moll, ↑gun moll • Hypernyms: ↑criminal, ↑felon, ↑crook, ↑outlaw, ↑malefactor …
5gangster — noun Date: 1896 a member of a gang of criminals ; racketeer • gangsterdom noun • gangsterish adjective • gangsterism noun …
6gangster — noun a member of an organized gang of violent criminals. Derivatives gangsterism noun …
7gangster — noun /ˈɡæŋstə/ a) A member of a criminal or street gang. b) A member of a professional criminal organization; a racketeer …
8gangster — noun Prohibition was a boon era for gangsters Syn: hoodlum, gang member, racketeer, robber, ruffian, thug, tough, villain, lawbreaker, criminal; gunman; Mafioso; informal mobster, crook, lowlife, hit man, hood; dated desperado …
9gangster — noun Syn: hoodlum, racketeer, thug, villain, criminal, Mafioso; informal mobster, crook, tough; N.Amer.; informal hood …
10gangster — UK [ˈɡæŋstə(r)] / US [ˈɡæŋstər] noun [countable] Word forms gangster : singular gangster plural gangsters a member of an organized group of criminals a movie about Chicago gangsters in the 1920s …
