mobster

noun

mob·​ster ˈmäb-stər How to pronounce mobster (audio)
: 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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And for them, solving murders, consorting with mobsters, and adopting aliases all turn out to be more life-affirming—not to mention entertaining—than chair yoga and a salt-free diet. The New Yorker, New Yorker, 25 June 2025 Roe, an African American mobster, ran a policy wheel that offered prize money to players who picked the right sequence of random numbers. Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2025 In it, Kris Chaney (Adkins) goes after the kidnappers of the teen daughter (Alanna De La Rossa) of a Colombian mobster (Lucho Velasco). Randy Myers, Mercury News, 12 June 2025 Instead of being a vaguely fascist aryan masculinity cult like the iconic Cobra Kai, Connor’s dojo is run by mobsters and loan sharks. Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 28 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for mobster

Word History

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.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mobster. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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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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