| 单词 | mobster |
| 释义 | mobster (once / 12848 pages) n A mobster is a bad guy who's involved in organized crime or belongs to a gang. There are many movies about mobsters that take place in the 1920s and 30s. As opposed to individual criminals, members of crime syndicates and gangs belong to a large, structured criminal organization. Someone who belongs to such a group is a mobster or a gangster. The term mobster comes from mob, another name for the Mafia, an Italian organized crime group. Originally mob meant just "a large group of people" or "the common people," from the Latin phrase mobile vulgus, "fickle common people." WORD FAMILYmobster: mobsters+/mob: mobbed, mobbing, mobbish, mobed, mobing, moblike, mobs, mobster USAGE EXAMPLESAgents say he claimed in one wiretapped call to be a mobster. Washington Times(Dec 23, 2016) The rabble-rousing evolved into extortion of local businesses, much as it did with the existing white ethnic gangs and local mobsters. New York Times(Dec 22, 2016) A street corner one block away from our home became a favorite spot for mobsters. Seattle Times(Dec 22, 2016) n a criminal who is a member of gang Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper gangster Alphonse Capone United States gangster who terrorized Chicago during prohibition until arrested for tax evasion (1899-1947) apache a Parisian gangster yakuzaa Japanese gangster yardiemember of an international gang of Jamaican criminals who sell drugs and violence criminal, crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime |
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