mobster

noun

mob·​ster ˈmäb-stər How to pronounce mobster (audio)
: a member of a criminal gang

Examples of mobster in a Sentence

the mobster threatened to break his legs if he didn't pay up
Recent Examples on the Web In 1962, he was charged with being the ringleader of the 1961 grift, colluding with mobsters and bribing players to fix games. Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 18 Apr. 2024 Just one month after the property’s grand opening, the mobster Frank Costello was shot in New York City. USA TODAY, 2 Apr. 2024 Chein played a Taiwanese mobster who heads to Los Angeles area to protect his estranged mother after his father is assassinated in Taipei. Variety, NBC News, 5 Mar. 2024 Tulsa King follows a mobster (Stallone) who tries to build a new crime empire in Oklahoma after being released from prison. James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Apr. 2024 When The New York Post in 2016 asked him about Mr. Lansky’s tastes, Mr. Greenfield recalled that mobster’s orders exactly: 40-short, navy, single-breasted suits. Alex Traub, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024 The mobsters operate in a loose but disciplined confederation overseen from New York by mafias rooted in southern China, according to state and federal officials. Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, 14 Mar. 2024 There has not been a major gambling scandal in NCAA men's basketball since an incident involving Boston College and notorious mobster Henry Hill in the late 1970s. Rob Wile, NBC News, 8 Mar. 2024 But the case filed by Jones went far beyond a simple assault claim, arguing that Diddy, Grainge and many others had also violated the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act – the federal RICO statute that’s more often used in criminal cases against mobsters and drug cartels. Bill Donahue, Billboard, 28 Mar. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1917, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of mobster was in 1917

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“Mobster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mobster. Accessed 28 Apr. 2024.

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mobster

noun
mob·​ster ˈmäb-stər How to pronounce mobster (audio)
: a member of a criminal gang

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