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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But Morano, the councilman, is adamant that "this is not just a place that should be known for landfills and mobsters."
From Barron's
"It feels really nice, and life goes on," the ageing mobster told local media outside a Melbourne courthouse.
From Barron's
The film’s vintage patina doesn’t detract from rising actor Will Price’s confident performance as an immature mobster who prefers bitcoin to stacks of Benjamins.
From Los Angeles Times
He drank tall glasses of orange juice in seedy dives as he infiltrated an underworld of bank-robbing clowns and bird-obsessed mobsters.
From Salon
As one former associate tells Springs Toledo about the Boston mobster: “I can’t talk about Joe. He wouldn’t want me to.”
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