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Synonyms for gangster
ˈgæŋ stərgang·ster

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Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 1 vote

  1. gangster, mobsternoun

    a criminal who is a member of gang

    Synonyms:
    mobster

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  1. List of paraphrases for "gangster":

    gangsta, thug, bandit, banger, yakuza, mobster, rapper, hoodlum, racket, crook

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#19988thug
#22161bandit
#23206rapper
#24025gangster
#25335crook
#26322racket
#27098gangsta
#53159banger
#63124yakuza
#66659mobster
#77910hoodlum

How to use gangster in a sentence?

  1. Ray Liotta:

    As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster.

  2. Kim In:

    The US is disturbing the global peace and stability and insisting on the gangster-like logic that its invasion of a sovereign state is 'decisive, and just, and proportionate' and contributes to 'defending' the international order in its bid to apply it to the Korean Peninsula as well.

  3. Cheo Hodari Coker:

    That would have been what I would have written for him [Wallace], where you have that dichotomy of being a gangster and having a deep sensitivity, that was him.

  4. David Fantle:

    He called gangster films hoodlum films, he said to us he never watched his hoodlum films. The only movies he would ever stick around to watch if they were on TV would be the handful of musicals he made, which he loved.

  5. Khabib Nurmagomedov:

    I am laughing inside, you broke window ? Why ? Come inside. You know UFC don’t let you come inside. If you real gangster why don’t you come inside ? This is big history gangster place. Brooklyn. You want to talk to me ? Send me location. We have to talk ? I am gon na come, no problem.


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