gangster
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gang·ster
(găng′stər)n.
1. A member of an organized group of criminals; a racketeer.
2. A member of a gang of delinquents.
gang′ster·dom n.
gang′ster·ism n.
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gangster
(ˈɡæŋstə)n
a member of an organized gang of criminals, esp one who resorts to violence
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gang•ster
(ˈgæŋ stər)n.
a member of a gang of criminals; mobster.
[1895–1900, Amer.]
gang′ster•ism, n.
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| Noun | 1. |  gangster - a criminal who is a member of gang gang, mob, pack, ring - an association of criminals; "police tried to break up the gang"; "a pack of thieves" apache - a Parisian gangster criminal, crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw - someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime yakuza - a Japanese gangster yardie - member of an international gang of Jamaican criminals who sell drugs and violence; "A much publicized raid on a yardie stronghold had first been simulated at Riot City" |
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gangster
noun hoodlum (chiefly U.S.), crook (informal), thug, bandit, heavy (slang), tough, hood (U.S. slang), robber, gang member, face (Brit. slang), mobster (U.S. slang), racketeer, desperado, ruffian, brigand, wise guy (U.S.), tsotsi (S. African) a well-known gangster with convictions for armed robbery
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gangster
[ˈgæŋstəʳ] N → gán(g)ster mfCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
gang
(gӕŋ) noun1. a number (of workmen etc) working together. a gang of men working on the railway.grupo, cuadrilla, equipo
2. a group (of people), usually formed for a bad purpose. a gang of jewel thieves.banda
ˈgangster noun a member of a gang of criminals. gánster
gang up on to join or act with a person etc against (some other person etc). conspirar, confabularse
gang up with to join or act with. aliarse con, unirse a
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gangster
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