mobster

[US]/'mɒbstə/
[UK]/'mɑbstɚ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. [informal] a criminal; a violent criminal.

Example Sentences

put out a contract on the mobster's life.

most residents are cynical about efforts to clean mobsters out of their city.

A couple of mobsters were rubbed out in a fracas with the law.

The mobster was arrested for racketeering.

The mobster controlled the illegal gambling ring.

The mobster demanded protection money from local businesses.

The mobster had a reputation for violence.

The mobster wore a sharp suit and carried a gun.

The mobster's empire extended across the city.

The mobster's henchmen carried out the hit.

The mobster's mansion was filled with luxury goods.

The mobster's network of informants kept him informed.

The mobster's rival was gunned down in broad daylight.

Real-world Examples

Jeremy Watkins owed a mobster $5 million?

Source: TV series Person of Interest Season 3

Jazz sneaks into Jin's hotel room, but encounters a Brazilian mobster named Alvarez.

Source: Three-Minute Book Report

He asked whether Manafort was being treated worse than Al Capone, who was a mobster.

Source: NPR News August 2018 Compilation

A shell corporation that belongs to a mobster.

Source: TV series Person of Interest Season 3

It's the first targeted killing of a New York mobster since 1985.

Source: BBC Listening Compilation March 2019

But it turns out that many mobsters are actually less psychopathic than other criminals.

Source: Science in 60 Seconds Listening Compilation June 2014

He wasn't protecting you when he ran up all that debt to a mobster.

Source: TV series Person of Interest Season 3

Many of the defendants face racketeering counts, the same charge prosecutors deploy against mobsters and drug kingpins.

Source: NPR News May 2015 Compilation

He disappeared shortly before the supreme court could rule on his seven-year jail sentence for aiding and abetting mobsters.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

And then our first gallery, we have an autographed photograph of Al Capone, who was a famous mobster.

Source: VOA Standard English (Video Version) - 2021 Collection

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