mobster
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Synonyms
bully, gangbanger, gangsta, gangster, goon, gorilla, hood, hoodlum, hooligan, mug, plug-ugly, punk, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian, thug, tough, toughie (also toughy), yob [British], yobbo [British]
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Kane prosecuted, among others, a state agriculture commissioner, a member of the Democratic State Central Committee and mobsters. — Edmund H. Mahony, courant.com, "Kevin Kane to retire as chief state’s attorney after nearly half a century as a prosecutor in Connecticut," 27 Aug. 2019 Owney's Rum Finds Kindred Spirits in The Kitchen In The Kitchen, Melissa McCarthy, Tiffany Haddish and Elisabeth Moss step up as mobsters after their onscreen husbands go to the clink. — Khanh T.l. Tran, The Hollywood Reporter, "Drink and Dish: Jessica Alba's Favorite Tequila, Cocktails Inspired by 'The Kitchen' and 'Stranger Things'," 22 Aug. 2019 The entirely fictional story is set in mid-’70s Hell’s Kitchen, which is run by Irish mobsters played by Brian d’Arcy James, James Badge Dale, and Jeremy Bobb. — David Sims, The Atlantic, "The Kitchen Can’t Figure Out What Kind of Gangster Film It Is," 9 Aug. 2019 The Kitchen The wives of three incarcerated mobsters take over their husbands’ rackets to support their families in 1970s NYC. — Los Angeles Times, "L.A. movie openings, Aug. 4-11: ‘Dora and the Lost City of Gold,’ ‘The Kitchen’ and more," 4 Aug. 2019 The film follows Brickman who grows up among racketeers on the Lower East Side of New York City where she’s drawn to the glamorous and flashy lifestyle of New York mobsters. — James Hibberd, EW.com, "Jennifer Lawrence to star in Mob Girl adaptation," 24 July 2019 Torshin has denied any connections to Russian mobsters or of funneling money to the NRA. — Jeet Heer, The New Republic, "More evidence emerges on the NRA’s Russia connection.," 11 June 2018 Since the trial opened earlier this month, DiSarro’s family has sat in court hoping a parade of elderly mobsters will provide answers about how and why he was murdered. — Shelley Murphy, BostonGlobe.com, "Mafia murder trial occurring now in Boston highlights how much city’s underworld has changed," 29 May 2018 Prosecutors had said Merlino was part of an aging empire of East Coast mobsters. — Stephen Rex Brown, Sun-Sentinel.com, "'Skinny Joey' Merlino, reputed mob boss who moved to Boca, pleads guilty, avoids retrial," 27 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'mobster.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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