mobster

[mob-ster] /ˈmɒb stər/
noun
1.
a member of a criminal mob.
Origin
1915-20, Americanism; mob + -ster
Examples from the web for mobster
  • But he has good reason: a powerful mobster's art collection has been stolen, and he wants it returned.
  • If you really were fighting it all real mobster would have been arrested by now not the all street protester.
  • For all their presumed sophistication, they lacked a mobster's better-honed instincts for conversational discretion.
British Dictionary definitions for mobster

mobster

/ˈmɒbstə/
noun
1.
a US slang word for gangster
Word Origin and History for mobster
n.

1916, from mob (n.) in the criminal sense + -ster.

Slang definitions & phrases for mobster

mobster

noun

A member of a criminal grouping; a Mafioso; gangster: nickname he got from the mobsters (1917+)