English > mobster: 1 sense > noun 1, person | Meaning | A criminal who is a member of gang. |
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| Synonym | gangster |
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| Instances | Capone, Al Capone, Alphonse Capone, Scarface | United States gangster who terrorized / terrorized Chicago during prohibition until arrested for tax evasion (1899-1947) |
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| Member of | gang, pack, ring, mob | An association of criminals |
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| Narrower | apache | A Parisian gangster |
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| yakuza | A Japanese gangster |
| yardie | Member of an international gang of Jamaican criminals who sell drugs and violence |
| Broader | criminal, felon, crook, outlaw, malefactor | someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime |
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| Spanish | gangster, gángster, gánster, mafioso, pandillero, pistolero |
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| Catalan | gàngster, pistoler |
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| Nouns | mob | an association of criminals |
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| mob | a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities |