gangster

gangster
n
1. mobster, racketeer, mafioso, desperado, terrorist; thug, tough, mugger, ruffian, rowdy, hoodlum, Sl. hood, Inf. goon, hooligan, Inf. roughneck, Inf. baddy, Sl. bad actor, Sl. gunsel, Sl. mug, Australian Sl. larrikin, Brit. Hist.Mohock, (in Paris) apache.
2. assassin, murderer, killer, slayer, sniper; strangler, cutthroat, garroter; liquidator, Euph. silencer, Euph. dispatcher; gunman, All U.S. Sl. gun, hired gun, hit man, triggerman, hatchet man, torpedo.
3. bandit, hold-up man, Sl. stick-up man, armed robber; robber, thief, Inf. crook, stealer, Fagin; criminal, felon, larcener; convict, Sl. jailbird, parolee, ex-convict, Inf. ex-con; recidivist, repeat offender, Inf. chronic crook.
4. extortionist, extortioner, blackmailer, usurer, loan shark, Sl. bleeder; smuggler, runner, bootlegger, contrabandist, white-slaver; swindler, confidence man, con artist, con man; forger, counterfeiter, Fr. faux-monnayeur, Brit. Inf. coiner.
5. villain, blackguard, miscreant, malefactor, evildoer, Inf. bad guy.

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  • Gangster — Gangster …   Deutsch Wörterbuch

  • gangster — [ gɑ̃gstɛr ] n. m. • v. 1925; mot angl. amér., de gang ♦ Membre d un gang. ⇒ bandit. Les gangsters de Chicago dans les années trente. Film de gangsters. Par ext. Malfaiteur. « dans notre roman noir, le gangster héroïque a succédé au policier… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • gangster — GÁNGSTER, gangsteri, s.m. Membru al unei bande de răufăcători; p. gener. bandit, răufăcător. – Din fr., engl. gangster. Trimis de gall, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DEX 98  gángster s. m. (sil. mf. gang ), pl. gángsteri Trimis de siveco, 10.08.2004. Sursa …   Dicționar Român

  • Gangster — Sm Verbrecher std. stil. (20. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus ne. gangster, einer Ableitung von ne. gang Verbrecherbande .    Ebenso nndl. gangster, nfrz. gangster, nschw. gangster, nisl. gangster; Gang2. ✎ Rey Debove/Gagnon (1988), 336f. englisch… …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

  • Gangster No. 1 — est un film britannique sorti en 2000. Sommaire 1 Histoire 2 Sur le film 3 Fiche technique 4 Acteur …   Wikipédia en Français

  • gangster — gang·ster n: a member of a gang of criminals Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. gangster …   Law dictionary

  • gangster — / gæŋstə/, it. / gangster/ o / gɛngster/ s. ingl. [der. di gang ], usato in ital. al masch. (non com. al femm.). [individuo dedito al crimine, spec. legato a una banda] ▶◀ bandito, criminale, fuorilegge, malfattore, malvivente, manigoldo.… …   Enciclopedia Italiana

  • gangster — s. m. Ver gângster.   ‣ Etimologia: palavra inglesa …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • gângster — s. m. Membro de uma associação de malfeitores; bandido.   ‣ Etimologia: inglês gangster …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • gángster — (plural gángsteres o gángsters; gángsteres o gángsters; del inglés; pronunciamos gánster ) sustantivo masculino 1. Miembro de una banda organizada de malhechores: Fuimos a ver una película de gángsters. 2 …   Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española

  • gàngster — m 1. {{001f}}pripadnik mafije (1b) 2. {{001f}}onaj koji kriminalne radnje i pljačke organizirano izvodi izravnim nasiljem i upotrebom vatrenog oružja; razbojnik 3. {{001f}}razg. onaj koji je beskarakteran, amoralan; nitkov, varalica ✧… …   Veliki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika

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