Synonyms for gangster
ˈgæŋ stərgang·ster

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1. gangster, mobsternoun

   a criminal who is a member of gang

   Synonyms:
   mobster

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1. • Criminal

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1. List of paraphrases for "gangster":

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

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1. Michael Moreno:

   Everyone sees me as this thug, you know, or gangster, you know. I did this because I'm a bad guy -- like that's not who I am, underneath the helmet and the pads, you know, I'm really a great kid.

2. Alan Archambault:

   It was often seen in gangster films that were watched by impressionable young men who came of age during World War II, so, even before its use in World War II, it was an iconic weapon.

3. 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.

4. Ray Liotta:

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

5. 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.