mobster
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5.8
- noun
- /ˈmɑbstər/
:
mafioso
- In the movie, the main character is a notorious mobster involved in illegal gambling operations.
- a convicted mobster
- a notorious mobster
- a reputed mobster
And his brother was a very successful mobster in Boston, killing people.
- And his brother was a very successful mobster in Boston, killing people.
- It's like a mobster whacking a guy going don't worry, cops got nothing.
- A full blown British badass mobster.
- Maybe it's this like Russian mobster ethic of like you should help your friends bury the body.
- If someone, if someone had my wife in a warehouse that was going to blow her up and there was Italian mobsters, right?
- Then I start dealing with the mobsters of Albania mobsters in Italy.
- Yeah, just like, you know, you know, like Italian mobsters, what they sunbathe with.
- And then it has a bunch of mobsters.
- I explained the scene to him where the one of the mobsters, tough guys was in the window of the car.
Examples
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He seems like a real stand-up mobster.
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"Paul Cerino is a known mobster," Laurie said.
Fiction book (1992) -
And his brother was a very successful mobster in Boston, killing people.
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So you think your father is mobster, Joshua?
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Linda introduced him to Mark Holmes, man, a mobster who we're going to meet.
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But we've never had a famous mobster before.
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It's kind of like how mobsters have to be made by the don before being truly accepted.
Blog text (24) -
You Paul Vitti, the mobster.
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Watch these mobsters closely, folks, because in a second the mighty hand of justice is going to deal them a blow they'll never forget.
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Maranzano basks in the waves of applause as the mobsters stand and cheer.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
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4.4
A person who is part of a group that does illegal things
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7.6
A young person who steals, fights, or causes trouble with a gang
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9.9
A person who joins a criminal gang and often takes part in violent acts
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8.7
A person who belongs to a secret criminal group that uses violence
How Criminal
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Mobster comes from mob ('crowd') plus the agent ending -ster, like in gangster. The old use of mob meant a 'movable crowd' and gave the idea of people who move together and can cause trouble. So a mobster is someone from that crowd, a criminal or gang member.