Definition of mobster
: a member of a criminal gang
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Examples of mobster in a Sentence
the mobster threatened to break his legs if he didn't pay up
Recent Examples of mobster from the Web
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As a hotel in the 1930s, the Mayfair provided wealthy and famous Northerners, including mobster Al Capone and actress Tallulah Bankhead, a place to spend the night.
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As the Katsyvs’ lawyer, Veselnitskaya got the reputed mobster sent to jail, and secured international arrest warrants for the business owner and his family.
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The latest evidence of the Romanaissance is Romano’s casting in Martin Scorsese’s upcoming mobster film, The Irishman, alongside Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, and Joe Pesci.
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Investigators have followed an array of leads and suspects — mobsters, Irish gunrunners, local thieves and even a Hollywood screenwriter.
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And so does Tony Denison as the scary-as-hell Luca, based on mobster Tony Spilotro.
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A mobster lives lavishly in a Jetsons-meets-the-Flintstones house in Park Ridge.
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In its decision, the appeals court ordered that the initial 40-year sentence of the mobster, Gregory Scarpa Jr., be reinstated.
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The opportunists sold the works for €350,000 to alleged Italian mobster Raffaele Imperiale.
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First Known Use of mobster
1917
MOBSTER Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of mobster for English Language Learners
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: someone who is part of a secret organized group of criminals : a member of the Mob
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