mobster
pronunciation
How to pronounce mobster in British English:
UK [ˈmɒbstə(r)]
How to pronounce mobster in American English:
US [ˈmɑbstə(r)]
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- Noun:
- a criminal who is a member of gang
Word Origin
- mobster (n.)
- 1916, from mob (n.) in the criminal sense + -ster.
Example
- 1. A barbaric mobster buys his favorite restaurant where he , just like anything else in his life , treats everything and everyone around him like shit .
- 2. When the mobster finds out , it won 't be shocking for me to say he kills the bookseller but you will not believe what the wife did .
- 3. But the most striking personality in the bulgarian crime scene ( at least of the names that weren 't redacted ) is allegedly michael chorny , a russian mobster who maintains a strong influence in this country despite court orders keeping him out .
- 4. In the first few minutes of the new television show ' nikita , ' a masked bank robber shoots a witness . A suspect takes down a couple of police officers , and a trained killer in a skimpy red bikini breaks a mobster 's neck with her bare hands .