mobster

noun

mob·​ster ˈmäb-stər How to pronounce mobster (audio)
Synonyms of mobsternext
: a member of a criminal gang

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the mobster threatened to break his legs if he didn't pay up
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The teaser trailer shows a gang of cats hanging out on a rooftop, with one flicking its claws like a mobster would a knife. — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 11 June 2026 One of the trailers has some shots of Vanessa Williams posing as a dead body, much like the mobster and his wife at the start of the movie. — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 24 June 2026 None of they key players went in colder than Tudisco, whose deceptively warm performance as sometimes-mobster Mike Santini holds a large chunk of the show together. — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 16 June 2026 Picture a mobster at an Italian café in Providence, Rhode Island, on an ordinary August day in 1955. — Arman Khan, Pitchfork, 19 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for mobster

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First Known Use

1917, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of mobster was in 1917

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mobster

noun
mob·​ster ˈmäb-stər How to pronounce mobster (audio)
: a member of a criminal gang

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