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View synonyms for mobster

mobster

[ mob-ster ]

noun

  1. a member of a criminal mob.


mobster

/ ˈmɒbstə /

noun

  1. a US slang word for gangster


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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

At least one mobster said he always kept two biting monkeys in the room when he met his associates.

He finally died in a drawn-out battle with his Irish mobster nemesis, John Morrissey.

Retired Chicago mobster Frank Cullotta comes from a family of wheelmen.

Penguin India capitulated to blackmail, to the threats of a cultural mobster.

Whitey Bulger, the infamous Boston mobster, disappeared off the face of the earth and managed to stay hidden for 16 years.

A scooter pulled up alongside them almost at once, with a gun-carrying mobster riding it.

The catastrophic scene when he found her with Regan, king-pin mobster.

The mobster started from his chair, his eyes darting about the room.

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