as in thug
a violent, brutal person who is often a member of an organized gang
the mobster threatened to break his legs if he didn't pay up
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Recent Examples of mobster
On the mobster as a character and a political entity.
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Literary Hub, 2 Jan. 2026
His assignment ultimately is to track down a Wisconsin cheese heiress whose mobster family’s business somehow has massive geopolitical importance.
—Emma Alpern, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025
There was also a lot of speculation that Ruby was involved with organized crime, as he was known to be friends with mobsters, mafia members and other members of the criminal underworld.
—Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 24 Nov. 2025
His operation firing on all cylinders in season 3, as Dwight and his ragtag team of enforcers, fixers, and strategists find a formidable adversary in Jeremiah Dunmire (Robert Patrick), an old-money liquor magnate (and mobster) with eyes on a fledgling distillery purchased by Dwight.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Nov. 2025
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Literary Hub, 2 Jan. 2026
His assignment ultimately is to track down a Wisconsin cheese heiress whose mobster family’s business somehow has massive geopolitical importance.
—Emma Alpern, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025
There was also a lot of speculation that Ruby was involved with organized crime, as he was known to be friends with mobsters, mafia members and other members of the criminal underworld.
—Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 24 Nov. 2025
His operation firing on all cylinders in season 3, as Dwight and his ragtag team of enforcers, fixers, and strategists find a formidable adversary in Jeremiah Dunmire (Robert Patrick), an old-money liquor magnate (and mobster) with eyes on a fledgling distillery purchased by Dwight.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mobster
Noun
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The forces involved in this deadly crackdown include the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), its Basij thugs and various divisions of Iran’s security forces.—
Hamid Kashani,
Twin Cities,
5 Feb. 2026
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When three murderous thugs attempt to reclaim the contraband from Susan, a nightmarish scenario unfolds during the two-hour stage story.—
Philip Potempa,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Feb. 2026
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Directed and co-written by Alexandre Rockwell, the film follows an aspiring filmmaker (Steve Buscemi) who falls in with an irresistibly charming gangster (Seymour Cassel, who won Sundance’s first acting award) as his erstwhile producer.—
Mark Olsen,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2026
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That history dates back to the days before Prohibition an the reign of notorious Chicago gangster Al Capone.—
Noel Brennan,
CBS News,
5 Feb. 2026
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There’s no word on ICE having a special decoder ring that tracks only the criminals.—
Tressie McMillan Cottom,
Mercury News,
7 Feb. 2026
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Houser said that because the majority of Americans support removing serious criminals, the White House muddies the waters in an effort to maintain support for mass deportations.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
7 Feb. 2026
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Barraza, who was a member of the 501st Legion, a fan group that painstakingly re-creates Star Wars villains' costumes, already had her new suitcases packed — which resembled the ones Harry Potter took with him to Hogwarts.—
Christine Pelisek,
PEOPLE,
4 Feb. 2026
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To see him as a criminal, a perpetrator and villain, was a cognitive dissonance that demanded our attention.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
4 Feb. 2026
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One week later, on May 15, assassins forced Valdez, 50, from his car at midday and shot him at least a dozen times in downtown Culiacán, the capital of Sinaloa state.—
Foreign Correspondent,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Feb. 2026
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Duterte's threat in an online news conference in November 2024 to have the president, his wife and House of Representatives speaker killed by an assassin if she were killed amid their disputes was also cited in the one of the impeachment complaints.—
JIM GOMEZ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
5 Feb. 2026
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The authentic Denver and Rio Grande train that has operated at Knott’s since 1952 boasts the highest crime rate in all of Orange County with the notorious Ghost Town bandits robbing every departure from the Calico Square depot.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
21 Jan. 2026
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Whiskey Row celebrates Prescott's Old West history, with saloons once occupied by outlaws and bandits.—
Paige Moore,
AZCentral.com,
19 Jan. 2026
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From the days of colonists and pirates to the more modern era (of, say, bankers and lawyers servicing offshore corporations), its touristic charms have gone largely unappreciated.—
John Bowe,
Travel + Leisure,
1 Feb. 2026
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On the island’s western end, Fort Frederik is a spectacular example of an 18th-century Danish masonry fort, originally constructed to protect the natural deep-water port from pirates and rival nations.—
Condé Nast Traveler,
Condé Nast Traveler,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Mobster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mobster. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.
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