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Gangster is an English word with synonyms like mobster or criminal. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Gangster in a sentence

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Gangster meaning

  1. A member of a criminal or street gang.
  2. A member of a professional criminal organization (in organized crime): a racketeer.

Synonyms of Gangster

Using Gangster

  • The main meaning on this page is: A member of a criminal or street gang. | A member of a professional criminal organization (in organized crime): a racketeer.
  • Useful related words include: mobster, criminal, felon, crook.
  • In the example corpus, gangster often appears in combinations such as: the gangster, of gangster, gangster film.

Context around Gangster

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 27.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 5 start, 8 middle, 7 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Gangster

  • In this selection, "gangster" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, good, real, col, movies, movie and films stand out and add context to how "gangster" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a good gangster and a real gangster not in. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "gangster" sits close to words such as affiliates, amplifier and artificially, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with gangster

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

I can remember seeing carjacking in US black and white gangster films. (12 words)

Cool and threatening is a gangster smoking a cigarette, pointing a revolver round the room. (15 words)

Discovering that Chas is being held prisoner by the gangster, they race to the rescue. (15 words)

Asked about the appeal of mafia characters today, De Niro quickly began to criticise Trump, commenting: “Today, we kind of have a weird twisted president who thinks he’s a gangster, who's not even a good gangster. (38 words)

Ghazipur (UP), Apr 29: A local court on Saturday sentenced gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari and his brother and BSP MP Afzal Ansari to imprisonment for 10 years and four years, respectively in a 2007 Gangsters Act case. (37 words)

Glazer, best known as director of the sci-fi dystopia Under the Skinadmired gangster film Sexy BeastThe Zone of Interest, which premiered to acclaim on Friday evening, to address “the capacity within each of us for violence”. (37 words)

Example sentences (20)

The gangster genre is already something of a sub-genre to the broad crime genre, but a further sub-genre of gangster movies would be yakuza films.

Asked about the appeal of mafia characters today, De Niro quickly began to criticise Trump, commenting: “Today, we kind of have a weird twisted president who thinks he’s a gangster, who's not even a good gangster.

I'm a real gangster not in a bad way I'm a gangster because I help out the community and I look out for the youth.

He was discovered by Italian filmmaker Dino Risi at a swimming meet at the age of 12, and became a child actor, appearing in Vacanze col Gangster (Holiday with the Gangster, 1951).

Scarface Nation: The Ultimate Gangster Movie and How It Changed America, Macmillan (2011) e-book Scarface, part of a cycle of gangster films at the time, See also Little Caesar and The Public Enemy (both 1931).

All of this – Ernest’s entrance, the flashy tracking shot, the table setting conversation with Hale – feels very typical of a Scorsese gangster movie in the best way possible.

And the role of the gangster that kind of plays his surrogate father was played by a dear friend of mine, Louis Ferreira.

An Elgin man has admitted a “gangster-style” paintball revenge attack on a group of children – after they knocked at his front door and then ran away.

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As is typical with the modern breed of gangster they have a volatile tendency to taunt their rivals in drill rap videos, many of which can be found on YouTube.

Cagney’s trademark energy and charisma are part of the reason that is still considered one of the greatest gangster movies ever made.

Cool and threatening is a gangster smoking a cigarette, pointing a revolver round the room.

Discovering that Chas is being held prisoner by the gangster, they race to the rescue.

Egerton portrays Edward ‘Mad Teddy’ Smith a good-looking yet psychopathic gangster rumoured to have had affairs with Ronnie and former MP Tom Driberg.

Ever since he was a kid, Henry Hill () had always wanted to be a gangster and when he starts working for local crime boss () he works his way up through the ranks.

Ever since their leader Jitender Gogi was killed in Rohini courtlast year, four of his gang members had been nursing a grudge and plotting their revenge against the alleged mastermind тАФ gangster Tillu Tajpuriya.

Ghazipur (UP), Apr 29: A local court on Saturday sentenced gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari and his brother and BSP MP Afzal Ansari to imprisonment for 10 years and four years, respectively in a 2007 Gangsters Act case.

Glazer, best known as director of the sci-fi dystopia Under the Skinadmired gangster film Sexy BeastThe Zone of Interest, which premiered to acclaim on Friday evening, to address “the capacity within each of us for violence”.

Haslem, who was recently appointed Miami's vice president of basketball development, added: 'I put myself in that situation because I'm a OG (original gangster) and I'm a leader.

I can remember seeing carjacking in US black and white gangster films.

Immerse yourself in the compelling world of Mafia, a game designed to encapsulate the life of a Prohibition-era gangster striving to rise through the mob ranks.

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Common combinations with gangster

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "gangster" in a sentence?
An example: "The gangster genre is already something of a sub-genre to the broad crime genre, but a further sub-genre of gangster movies would be yakuza films." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "gangster" from authentic English texts.
What does "gangster" mean?
Gangster means: A member of a criminal or street gang.
What are synonyms of "gangster"?
Common synonyms of "gangster" include: mobster, criminal, felon, crook, outlaw, malefactor.
How many example sentences with "gangster" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "gangster", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.