gangster

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: gang=ster

OXFORD DICTIONARY

gangster, n. a member of a gang of violent criminals.

Derivative

gangsterism n.

THESAURUS

gangster

Judas, Mafioso, bad person, bandit, betrayer, brigand, convict, criminal, crook, dacoit, deceiver, delinquent, desperado, desperate criminal, double-dealer, evildoer, felon, fugitive, gallows bird, gaolbird, goon, gunman, gunsel, gunslinger, hit man, hood, hoodlum, hooligan, jailbird, lawbreaker, malefactor, malevolent, malfeasant, malfeasor, misfeasor, mobsman, mobster, mugger, outlaw, public enemy, quisling, racketeer, robber, ruffian, scofflaw, sinner, skinhead, soldier, swindler, thief, thug, torpedo, tough, traitor, transgressor, two-timer, villain, worker of ill, wrongdoer