Gangster

//ˈɡæŋ(k).stɚ//

Synonyms for "gangster" (63 found)

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Closest matches (13)

Strong matches (19)

Related words (31)

Noun(1 words)
mobster

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Translations

137 translations across 56 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • rampokker noun (street gang member)

Albanian

2 entries
  • bandit noun (street gang member)
  • gangster noun (street gang member)

Arabic

4 entries
  • رَجُل الْعِصَابَة noun (street gang member)
  • سَارِق noun (street gang member)
  • عُضْو فِي عِصَابَة noun (street gang member)
  • قاطِع الطَّرِيق noun (street gang member)

Armenian

2 entries
  • ավազակ noun (street gang member)
  • գանգստեր noun (street gang member)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • bandit noun (street gang member)
  • quldur noun (street gang member)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • банды́т noun (street gang member)
  • га́нгстар noun (street gang member)
  • га́нгстэр noun (street gang member)
  • разбо́йнік noun (street gang member)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • банди́т noun (street gang member)
  • га́нгстер noun (street gang member)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 匪徒 noun (street gang member)
  • 土匪 noun (street gang member)

Czech

3 entries
  • bandita noun (street gang member)
  • gangster noun (street gang member)
  • zločinec noun (street gang member)

Danish

2 entries
  • bandemedlem noun (street gang member)
  • gangster noun (street gang member)

Dutch

1 entries
  • gangster noun (street gang member)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • gangstero noun (street gang member)

Estonian

2 entries
  • bandiit noun (street gang member)
  • gangster noun (street gang member)

Finnish

2 entries
  • gangsteri noun (street gang member)
  • jengiläinen noun (street gang member)

French

2 entries
  • bandit noun (street gang member)
  • gangster noun (street gang member)

Galician

4 entries
  • bandido noun (street gang member)
  • delado noun (street gang member)
  • delate noun (street gang member)
  • estrapexante noun (street gang member)

Georgian

4 entries
  • ავაზაკი noun (street gang member)
  • ბანდიტი noun (street gang member)
  • განგსტერი noun (street gang member)
  • ყაჩაღი noun (street gang member)

German

2 entries
  • Bandit noun (street gang member)
  • Gangster noun (street gang member)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • בִּרְיוֹן noun (street gang member)
  • גַּנְגְּסְטֶר noun (street gang member)
  • עֲבַרְיָן noun (street gang member)
  • פּוֹשֵׁעַ noun (street gang member)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • bandita noun (street gang member)
  • gengszter noun (street gang member)

Irish

1 entries
  • drongadóir noun (street gang member)

Italian

4 entries
  • delinquente noun (street gang member)
  • gangster noun (street gang member)
  • mafioso noun (street gang member)
  • malvivente noun (street gang member)

Japanese

3 entries
  • ギャングスター noun (street gang member)
  • 匪徒 noun (street gang member)
  • 山賊 noun (street gang member)

Kazakh

3 entries
  • бандит noun (street gang member)
  • тонаушы noun (street gang member)
  • қарақшы noun (street gang member)

Khmer

1 entries
  • យូកូង noun (street gang member)

Korean

4 entries
  • 강도 noun (street gang member)
  • 깡패 noun (street gang member)
  • 비적 noun (street gang member)
  • 폭력배 noun (street gang member)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • бандит noun (street gang member)
  • кески noun (street gang member)

Latin

1 entries
  • grassātor noun (street gang member)

Latvian

2 entries
  • bandīts noun (street gang member)
  • gangsteris noun (street gang member)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • banditas noun (street gang member)
  • gangsteris noun (street gang member)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • банди́т noun (street gang member)
  • гангстер noun (street gang member)
  • разбојник noun (street gang member)

Malay

1 entries
  • gengster noun (street gang member)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • дээрэмчин noun (street gang member)

Norman

1 entries
  • gangsteux noun (street gang member)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • banditt noun (street gang member)
  • gangster noun (street gang member)

Old English

1 entries
  • hloþere noun (street gang member)

Persian

4 entries
  • اراذل noun (street gang member)
  • اوباش noun (street gang member)
  • خلافکار noun (street gang member)
  • راهزن noun (street gang member)

Polish

2 entries
  • bandyta noun (street gang member)
  • gangster noun (street gang member)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • gângster noun (street gang member)

Romanian

1 entries
  • bandit noun (street gang member)

Russian

3 entries
  • банди́т noun (street gang member)
  • га́нгстер noun (street gang member)
  • разбо́йник noun (street gang member)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • gàngster noun (street gang member)
  • rázbōjnīk noun (street gang member)
  • га̀нгстер noun (street gang member)
  • ра́збо̄јнӣк noun (street gang member)

Slovak

3 entries
  • bandita noun (street gang member)
  • gangster noun (street gang member)
  • zločinec noun (street gang member)

Slovene

2 entries
  • gangster noun (street gang member)
  • razbojnik noun (street gang member)

Sotho

1 entries
  • tsotsi noun (street gang member)

Spanish

4 entries
  • alaraco noun (street gang member)
  • bandido noun (street gang member)
  • bato noun (street gang member)
  • gángster noun (street gang member)

Swahili

1 entries
  • jangili noun (street gang member)

Swedish

2 entries
  • gangster noun (street gang member)
  • gängmedlem noun (street gang member)

Tajik

3 entries
  • роҳзан noun (street gang member)
  • яғмогар noun (street gang member)
  • ғоратгар noun (street gang member)

Thai

2 entries
  • นักเลง noun (street gang member)
  • อันธพาล noun (street gang member)

Turkish

2 entries
  • gangster noun (street gang member)
  • çeteci noun (street gang member)

Turkmen

2 entries
  • bandit noun (street gang member)
  • garakçy noun (street gang member)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • банди́т noun (street gang member)
  • га́нгстер noun (street gang member)
  • розбі́йник noun (street gang member)

Uyghur

2 entries
  • باندىت noun (street gang member)
  • قاراقچى noun (street gang member)

Uzbek

4 entries
  • bandit noun (street gang member)
  • bosmachi noun (street gang member)
  • bosqinchi noun (street gang member)
  • qaroqchi noun (street gang member)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • באַנדיט noun (street gang member)

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

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The bold man glanced at the gangster with hatred and contempt.

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"Hey, you shut up! You talk too much," the gangster said.

Source: tatoeba (73937)

I saw a gangster lying in the light from the hall.

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He is threatened by a certain gangster.

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