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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a criminal who is a member of gang [syn: gangster, mobster]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1896 a member of a gang of criminals ; racketeer • gangsterdom noun • gangsterish adjective • gangsterism noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a member of a gang of violent criminals. Derivatives: gangsterism n.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(gangsters) A gangster is a member of an organized group of violent criminals. N-COUNT

Moby Thesaurus

Judas, Mafioso, bad person, bandit, betrayer, brigand, convict, criminal, crook, dacoit, deceiver, delinquent, desperado, desperate criminal, double-dealer, evildoer, felon, fugitive, gallows bird, gaolbird, goon, gunman, gunsel, gunslinger, hit man, hood, hoodlum, hooligan, jailbird, lawbreaker, malefactor, malevolent, malfeasant, malfeasor, misfeasor, mobsman, mobster, mugger, outlaw, public enemy, quisling, racketeer, robber, ruffian, scofflaw, sinner, skinhead, soldier, swindler, thief, thug, torpedo, tough, traitor, transgressor, two-timer, villain, worker of ill, wrongdoer