Meaning
gangster
- a member of an organized gang of criminals
In a sentence
Mio nonno adorava i vecchi film di gangster americani.
My grandfather loved old American gangster movies.
I gangster controllavano il traffico illegale nel quartiere.
The gangsters controlled the illegal trade in the neighborhood.
La polizia ha arrestato un noto gangster della città.
The police arrested a notorious gangster from the city.
Word forms (3)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| gangster | masculine · singular |
| gangster | masculine · plural |
| gangster | masculine · plural |
Usage notes
- English loanword; masculine and invariable in Italian ('il gangster', 'i gangster').
- Often evokes American mobsters of the 1920s-30s or movie archetypes.