gangster

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gang·ster /ˈɡæŋstə $ -ər/ ●○○ noun [countable]  SCCa member of a violent group of criminals 黑帮成员

Examples from the Corpus

gangster• There were no fractious sects and gangsters to challenge his authority.• And get away with it when the bigger gangsters take on each other.• Any budding gangsters can also savour the Chicago nightlife.• But big-city gangsters also play a part.• Not in the first half when the Cougars jumped on the Bears like gangsters on a patsy delinquent on his payments.• If the rest of us can not beat the gangsters, we may well be tempted to join them.• Kidnapping the officers, the gangsters fled.

gang·ster nounChineseSyllable  

a Corpus of member violent a of group criminals

gangster
gang‧ster /ˈɡæŋstə $ -ər/ noun [countable]
a member of a violent group of criminals

gang·sterBrE /ˈɡæŋstə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈɡæŋstər/ 🔊 nouna member of a group of violent criminals 匪徒；歹徒；土匪◆Chicago gangsters芝加哥的歹徒