"mobster" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmɒb.stə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈmɑb.stɚ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mobster.wav [Southern-England] Forms: mobsters [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒbstə(ɹ) Etymology: mob + -ster Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|mob|ster}} mob + -ster Head templates: {{en-noun}} mobster (plural mobsters)
  1. A member of a mob or Mafia. Wikipedia link: mobster Categories (topical): Crime, People Synonyms: gangster, Mafioso, mafioso, wiseguy, wise guy Derived forms: mobsterism, mobstress Translations (member of a criminal gang — see also Mafioso): га́нгстер (gángster) [masculine] (Bulgarian), мафиот (mafiot) [masculine] (Bulgarian), gangsteri (Finnish), mafioso (Finnish), Gangster [masculine] (German), drongadóir [masculine] (Irish), gangster [masculine] (Italian), mafioso [masculine] (Italian), мафија́ш (mafijáš) [masculine] (Macedonian), га́нгстер (gángster) [masculine] (Macedonian), gangster [masculine] (Polish), mafioso [masculine] (Polish), га́нгстер (gángster) [masculine] (Russian), мафио́зи (mafiózi) [feminine, masculine] (Russian), брато́к (bratók) [colloquial, masculine] (Russian), mafián [masculine] (Slovak)

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