Thesaurus results for MOBSTER

mobster

noun

ˈmäb-stər

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 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 The film’s vintage patina doesn’t detract from rising actor Will Price’s confident performance as an immature mobster who prefers bitcoin to stacks of Benjamins. —

Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026 With a little more ease than should be the case and at the expense of gripping mystery taking shape, James and Jonny piece together a conspiracy involving local mobsters and Yakuza led by coke-snorting assassin Nakamura (multitalented Japanese artist Miyavi). —

Richard Kuipers, Variety, 26 Jan. 2026 From Sweet Sue’s big opening song to the train ride west to hopping over the border to Mexico and back, the characters have to navigate love, life, and high heels while mobsters and feds surround them. —

Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald, 20 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for mobster

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In a season 3 teaser, Peter saves Suraj Sharma's Jay Batra from some thugs at a soccer stadium.

— Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Feb. 2026
Foucauld had later left the army to become a Trappist monk and had established himself as a missionary in Tamanrasset, Algeria, in the middle of the Sahara Desert; he was killed there by local thugs in 1916.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Feb. 2026