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单词 gangster
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Definition of gangster in English:

gangster

noun ˈɡaŋstəˈɡæŋstər
  • A member of a gang of violent criminals.

    (结成团伙的)歹徒,流氓

    gangsters threatened to kill him if he did not cooperate in the theft
    as modifier gangster movies
    Example sentencesExamples
    • As for his other wars: they had saved Sierra Leone from a gang of gangsters.
    • The boxer may have been killed by gangsters because he was cooperating with a police investigation into a murder.
    • I had read a lot about Mumbai gangsters, even seen movies made on them, but had never met one.
    • They are wannabe gangsters in a wannabe gangster film that just doesn't work.
    • Northern Ireland is full of filthy rich gangsters using terrorism to generate their empires.
    • The new father was a former boss of a Chinese triad gang, and all his fellow gangsters were bound to show up.
    • In fact, many people believe gangsters and hoodlums are vicious and violent by nature.
    • Before that he'd been an actor, often on radio, playing gangsters who got a violent comeuppance.
    • Bandits and gangsters do not on the whole give money to schools and hospitals.
    • The documentary, Gangster, considers how deprived communities look to gangsters for protection.
    • She must be the only person in the UK unaware of the gun crime, perpetrated by Yardie gangsters in our major cities.
    • Violence hangs in the air all around, with drug dealers, gangsters and street gangs combining to form a ring of terror.
    • Great crimes can also be committed by gangsters and petty criminals - if they have the necessary power.
    • Thus begins an intense race between the police and the gangsters to capture the shadowy man behind the murders.
    • We think they are criminals in shell suits, they think we are gun-toting gangsters.
    • After too many movies about New York gangsters, the suggestion that life in the city could be anything but corrupt is foolish.
    • Born in the city of Ulawood, his parents were killed by gangsters when he was only five years old.
    • The McLean gang member said the gangster had used Customs to clear the way for his own criminal activities.
    • Suspected gangsters have been shackled by new laws designed to curb hoodlum behaviour.
    • It has been claimed he was murdered by everyone from the security services to Dutch gangsters.
    Synonyms
    hoodlum, racketeer, bandit, robber, ruffian, thug, tough, desperado, outlaw, villain, lawbreaker, criminal
    gunman, murderer, assassin, terrorist
    gang member, member of a criminal gang, member of the Mafia, Mafioso
    in Japan yakuza
    informal mobster, crook, hitman, hatchet man, heavy
    North American informal hood
    literary brigand

Derivatives

  • gangsterism

  • noun ˈɡaŋstərɪz(ə)mˈɡæŋɡstəˌrɪzəm
    • Crime and gangsterism became a way of life for many youths and young adults.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • A teeming mass of activity, Hillbrow is seen by many as a place where the entirety of South Africa's evils can be found, an epitome of drug dealings, prostitution, gangsterism, illegal immigrants, squalor and crime.
      • This is a counterrevolutionary organization, with a long history of gangsterism and thuggery against any and all left-wing political opponents.
      • The paramilitary organisations on both sides have long since been political fronts for gangsterism and racketeering.
      • Through suppression of information, cover-ups, lies and outright gangsterism, these industry heads sought to continue their conspiracy against the public.

Rhymes

gangsta

Definition of gangster in US English:

gangster

nounˈɡæŋstərˈɡaNGstər
  • A member of a gang of violent criminals.

    (结成团伙的)歹徒,流氓

    gangsters threatened to kill him if he did not cooperate in the theft
    as modifier gangster movies
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Great crimes can also be committed by gangsters and petty criminals - if they have the necessary power.
    • Suspected gangsters have been shackled by new laws designed to curb hoodlum behaviour.
    • The boxer may have been killed by gangsters because he was cooperating with a police investigation into a murder.
    • Thus begins an intense race between the police and the gangsters to capture the shadowy man behind the murders.
    • We think they are criminals in shell suits, they think we are gun-toting gangsters.
    • Before that he'd been an actor, often on radio, playing gangsters who got a violent comeuppance.
    • Born in the city of Ulawood, his parents were killed by gangsters when he was only five years old.
    • The documentary, Gangster, considers how deprived communities look to gangsters for protection.
    • Bandits and gangsters do not on the whole give money to schools and hospitals.
    • It has been claimed he was murdered by everyone from the security services to Dutch gangsters.
    • The new father was a former boss of a Chinese triad gang, and all his fellow gangsters were bound to show up.
    • She must be the only person in the UK unaware of the gun crime, perpetrated by Yardie gangsters in our major cities.
    • After too many movies about New York gangsters, the suggestion that life in the city could be anything but corrupt is foolish.
    • The McLean gang member said the gangster had used Customs to clear the way for his own criminal activities.
    • In fact, many people believe gangsters and hoodlums are vicious and violent by nature.
    • They are wannabe gangsters in a wannabe gangster film that just doesn't work.
    • Northern Ireland is full of filthy rich gangsters using terrorism to generate their empires.
    • As for his other wars: they had saved Sierra Leone from a gang of gangsters.
    • I had read a lot about Mumbai gangsters, even seen movies made on them, but had never met one.
    • Violence hangs in the air all around, with drug dealers, gangsters and street gangs combining to form a ring of terror.
    Synonyms
    hoodlum, racketeer, bandit, robber, ruffian, thug, tough, desperado, outlaw, villain, lawbreaker, criminal
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