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mobster
This term carries a heavy connotation of organized, systemic criminality rather than random street crime. It evokes images of hierarchy, loyalty, and a clandestine code of silence, often associated with the mid-century American Mafia. While it can be used descriptively in legal or journalistic contexts, it frequently appears in pop culture and noir fiction to signify a specific archetype of the urban gangster.
Because the word is derived from the collective noun mob, it specifically implies that the individual is part of a larger, structured organization. It is rarely used for a lone criminal, as the identity of a mobster is inextricably linked to their membership in a syndicate.
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The mobster paid off the police chief to ignore his illegal gambling dens.
He looks like a typical mobster in that pinstripe suit.
I cannot believe you are actually associating with a known mobster.
The city was run by a ruthless mobster during the prohibition era.
Just keep your head down and do not attract the attention of any mobster.
That guy is just a low level mobster doing the dirty work for the boss.
The witness was terrified that a mobster would find him before the trial.
He spent twenty years as a mobster before turning state evidence.