gangster
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gang·ster
(găng′stər)n.
1. A member of an organized group of criminals; a racketeer.
2. A member of a gang of delinquents.
gang′ster·dom n.
gang′ster·ism n.
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gangster
(ˈɡæŋstə)n
a member of an organized gang of criminals, esp one who resorts to violence
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gang•ster
(ˈgæŋ stər)n.
a member of a gang of criminals; mobster.
[1895–1900, Amer.]
gang′ster•ism, n.
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| Noun | 1. |  gangster - a criminal who is a member of gang gang, mob, pack, ring - an association of criminals; "police tried to break up the gang"; "a pack of thieves" apache - a Parisian gangster criminal, crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw - someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime yakuza - a Japanese gangster yardie - member of an international gang of Jamaican criminals who sell drugs and violence; "A much publicized raid on a yardie stronghold had first been simulated at Riot City" |
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gangster
noun hoodlum (chiefly U.S.), crook (informal), thug, bandit, heavy (slang), tough, hood (U.S. slang), robber, gang member, face (Brit. slang), mobster (U.S. slang), racketeer, desperado, ruffian, brigand, wise guy (U.S.), tsotsi (S. African) a well-known gangster with convictions for armed robbery
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Translations
عَضُو في عِصَابَةقاطِع طَريق، عُضو في عِصابَه
gangsterčlen tlupy
gangster
gangsteri
gangster
glæpamaîur
ギャングの一員
갱단의 일원
gangster
gangster
พวกอันธพาล
găng-xtơ
gangster
[ˈgæŋstəʳ] N → gán(g)ster mfCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
gangster
[ˈgæŋstər] n → gangster m, bandit mgangster rap = gangsta rapgang warfare n → guerre f des gangsCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
gangster
n → Gangster(in) m(f), → Verbrecher(in) m(f)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
gang
(gӕŋ) noun1. a number (of workmen etc) working together. a gang of men working on the railway.
2. a group (of people), usually formed for a bad purpose. a gang of jewel thieves.
ˈgangster noun a member of a gang of criminals.
gang up on to join or act with a person etc against (some other person etc).
gang up with to join or act with.
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gangster
→ عَضُو في عِصَابَة gangster gangster Verbrecher γκάνγκστερ gánster gangsteri gangster gangster gangster ギャングの一員 갱단의 일원 gangster gjengmedlem gangster gangster, gângster бандит gangster พวกอันธพาล gangster găng-xtơ 土匪Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009