GANGSTER

gangster, mobster

(noun) a criminal who is a member of gang

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

gangster

A member of a criminal or street gang.

A member of a professional criminal organization; a racketeer.

Verb

gangster (third-person singular simple present gangsters, present participle gangstering, simple past and past participle gangstered)

To act like a gangster; to commit street crime or run a racket.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

1 June 2025

BACKFIRE

(verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; “Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”; “the political movie backlashed on the Democrats”


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Coffee Trivia

An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.

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