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# gangster

«gangster» in Mova's school dictionary: **a member of a gang of violent criminals who break the law…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a gangster, gangsters)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A gangster is a member of a gang of violent criminals who break the law to get money or power. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gangster/#m1)

2) (slang) Gangster, or «gangsta», is sometimes used by young people to mean someone who acts tough or cool. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gangster/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In films and stories gangsters rob banks, carry weapons and threaten people; old films show them in hats and suits. In history lessons, gangsters ran crime in big cities. In safety terms, real gangs are dangerous, and children should keep away and tell a trusted adult. Phrases: gangster film, a gang of gangsters, gangster rap.

### examples

- The police arrested the gangster at the airport. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gangster/#x1)
- The film is about a gangster in old Chicago. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gangster/#x2)
- The gangsters hid the stolen money in a warehouse. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gangster/#x3)
- My brother thinks he looks like a gangster in his sunglasses. (slang, joking) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gangster/#x4)
- Gangsters often threaten shopkeepers for money. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gangster/#x5)
- The detective finally caught the gangster boss. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gangster/#x6)
- Real gangsters are dangerous, not glamorous. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gangster/#x7)

### note

Countable noun. A «gang» is the group; a «gangster» is a member who commits crimes. «Gangsta» is a slang spelling. In films gangsters can seem exciting, but in real life their crimes hurt people.

### In the corpora

- ["Whacked" is American gangster slang for murdered.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/2-death-official-and-slang/11/)
- ["Sleeping with the fishes" is American gangster slang for murdered and dumped in water.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/2-death-official-and-slang/12/)
- ["Sleep with the fishes" is US gangster slang for being murdered and dumped in water.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/28-stealing-and-lying/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «gangster» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/gangster/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.