mobster
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of mobster
1915–20, mob 1 (in the sense “a member of a criminal gang”)+ -ster
Example Sentences
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Two of his most heralded prosecutions involved New York mobster John Gotti and General Manuel Noriega of Panama.
From Barron's • Mar. 21, 2026
As one former associate tells Springs Toledo about the Boston mobster: “I can’t talk about Joe. He wouldn’t want me to.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026
In Get Shorty, Hackman starred alongside Travolta, who plays a Miami mobster sent to collect a debt.
From BBC • Mar. 1, 2025
“They are very much treating this matter like a mobster case ... and articulating various roles that different people played in supporting the conspiracy,” said Louis Shapiro, who defends clients in federal criminal proceedings.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2024
He wore a massive velour tracksuit with gold chains around his neck and greased-back hair, so he looked like a thirty-foot-tall mobster - if mobsters had dragon feet and burnt-orange skin.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
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