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Synonyms for Gangster
ˈgæŋ stərgang·ster

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Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 1 vote

  1. gangster, mobsternoun

    a criminal who is a member of gang

    Synonyms:
    mobster, gangster

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  1. List of paraphrases for "gangster":

    gangsta, thug, bandit, banger, yakuza, mobster, rapper, hoodlum, racket, crook

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How to use Gangster in a sentence?

  1. Alan Archambault:

    It was often seen in gangster films that were watched by impressionable young men who came of age during World War II, so, even before its use in World War II, it was an iconic weapon.

  2. Sergei Mitrokhin:

    One must understand that in Crimea, in essence, a gangster regime has been established under the protection of Moscow, former criminals have come to power, and have started to carve up the property.

  3. Cheo Hodari Coker:

    That would have been what I would have written for him [Wallace], where you have that dichotomy of being a gangster and having a deep sensitivity, that was him.

  4. Kim In:

    The US is disturbing the global peace and stability and insisting on the gangster-like logic that its invasion of a sovereign state is 'decisive, and just, and proportionate' and contributes to 'defending' the international order in its bid to apply it to the Korean Peninsula as well.

  5. Joe Biden:

    If you take that attitude that, 'Look, we know what’s best for us, we believe in America – we're strong and we have a military and we know what would go,' then you could put people at bay, it’s really like a gangster in the neighborhood back in the day.


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