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 Set in 1986, the story follows two brothers, Irwin and Gary Pearl, whose get-rich scheme to help clean up the Gowanus Canal ends in disaster after Irwin (Teller), a nebbish family man, angers Russian mobsters by unwittingly witnessing their criminal activity. —

Ellise Shafer, Variety, 17 May 2026 In the early 20th century, this man-versus-nature oasis was strong-armed into being when mobsters and casino magnates swept into the Nevada desert. —

Zoey Goto, Architectural Digest, 6 May 2026 Giuliani was elected New York’s mayor in 1993 after serving as one of the nation’s highest-profile prosecutors, taking on mobsters and crooked Wall Street traders. —

Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 3 May 2026 Local Minneapolis prosecutors had invoked the law to suppress a sensational, anti-Semitic tabloid, The Saturday Press, which had been relentlessly attacking city officials as corrupt and in league with Jewish mobsters. —

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The fact that this racist thug has been handed policing power by Netanyahu says more about the state of Israel’s democracy and political values—and in particular about the prime minister’s values—than many Israelis might like to admit.

— Avi Issacharoff, The Atlantic, 22 May 2026
White thugs destroyed it in the 1921 Race Massacre.

— Jasmine Desiree, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026