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MOBSTER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mobster mean?
• MOBSTER (noun)
The noun MOBSTER has 1 sense:
1. a criminal who is a member of gang
Familiarity information: MOBSTER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A criminal who is a member of gang
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
gangster; mobster
Hypernyms ("mobster" is a kind of...):
criminal; crook; felon; malefactor; outlaw (someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mobster"):
apache (a Parisian gangster)
yakuza (a Japanese gangster)
yardie (member of an international gang of Jamaican criminals who sell drugs and violence)
Instance hyponyms:
Al Capone; Alphonse Capone; Capone; Scarface (United States gangster who terrorized Chicago during prohibition until arrested for tax evasion (1899-1947))
Holonyms ("mobster" is a member of...):
gang; mob; pack; ring (an association of criminals)
Derivation:
mob (an association of criminals)
mob (a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities)
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