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 German was a local legend – renowned for his reporting on infamous mobsters, crooked politicians and murderers. Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 17 Feb. 2024 An 18th century British painting stolen by New Jersey mobsters in 1969 has been returned more than a half-century later to the family that bought it for $7,500 during the Great Depression, the FBI’s Salt Lake City field office announced Friday. Matthew Brown, Fortune, 30 Jan. 2024 Torpedo is a sociopathic Sicilian mobster who plies his trade in Depression-era New York, aided by his hapless sidekick Rascal. Ernesto Lechner, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Feb. 2024 Meanwhile, Jules becomes entangled with mobsters and unsavory representatives of a record company that threaten to sell the illicit tape unless Cynthia records with them — a plot line that sends him speeding through the streets of Paris and into the underground Metro on his moped. Emily Langer, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2024 In the 1970s, federal authorities investigating mobsters in Kansas City charged more than a dozen mob operatives with conspiring to skim nearly $2 million in gambling revenue from Las Vegas casinos, including the Tropicana. Rio Yamat, Fortune, 31 Jan. 2024 An 18th-century British painting stolen by New Jersey mobsters in 1969 has been returned more than a half-century later to the family that bought it for $7,500 during the Great Depression, the FBI's Salt Lake City field office announced Friday. CBS News, 29 Jan. 2024 These days, speakeasies have turned from exciting mobster hangouts to cheesy millennial spots where the cocktails cost upwards of $20. Chloe Berger, Fortune, 3 Feb. 2024 Just 18 days later, the mobster trio came back to the home — this time running off with the artwork. María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 30 Jan. 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 18 Mar. 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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