mobster

noun

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

Examples of mobster in a Sentence

the mobster threatened to break his legs if he didn't pay up
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On her 18th birthday, Aria’s Chicago mobster father tells her that she’s expected to marry Luca, the vicious heir to a rival New York City gang. Lauren Wilson, NBC news, 13 Feb. 2026 The mobsters turned the van around, pulled off the highway and dumped Gasso in a patch of poison ivy along the Connecticut River in Wethersfield. Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 12 Feb. 2026 Stallone plays mobster Dwight Manfredi in crime drama Tulsa King. Uwa Ede-Osifo, Dallas Morning News, 11 Feb. 2026 Police officials at a news conference said the officers had collected personal and private information unlawfully and distributed it to organized crime figures, in some cases for bribes, and that mobsters then carried out shootings and other violent crimes. Arkansas Online, 6 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for mobster

Word History

First Known Use

1917, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of mobster was in 1917

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“Mobster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mobster. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.

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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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