Definition of gangbuster
: one engaged in the aggressive breakup of organized criminal gangs
like gangbusters
: with great or excessive force or aggressiveness
came on like gangbusters
also
: with great speed or success
was selling like gangbusters
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The first known use of gangbuster was in 1930
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