gangster

See also: Gangster, gángster, gângster, and Gängster

English

Etymology

circa 1895, gang +‎ -ster.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɡæŋ.stə/

  • Audio (Southern England)

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɡæŋ.stɚ/

Noun

gangster (plural gangsters, feminine gangsteress)

1. A member of a criminal or street gang.
2. A member of a professional criminal organization; a racketeer.

Derived terms

• antigangster
• gangsta
• gangsterdom
• gangsteress
• gangsterful
• gangsterhood
• gangsterish
• gangsterism
• gangsterland
• gangsterless
• gangsterlike
• gangsterly
• gangsterness
• gangster rap
• gangstership
• gangsterwise

 

Translations

street gang member

• Afrikaans: rampokker (af)
• Albanian: bandit (sq) m, gangster (sq) m
• Arabic: سَارِق‎‎ m (sāriq), عُضْو فِي عِصَابَة‎ (ʿuḍw fī ʿiṣāba), قاطِع الطَّرِيق‎ (qāṭiʿ aṭ-ṭarīq), رَجُل الْعِصَابَة‎ (rajul al-ʿiṣāba)
• Armenian: ավազակ (hy) (avazak), գանգստեր (hy) (gangster)
• Azerbaijani: quldur
• Belarusian: банды́т m (bandýt), разбо́йнік m (razbójnik)
• Bulgarian: га́нгстер (bg) m (gángster), банди́т (bg) m (bandít)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 匪徒 (zh) (fěitú), 土匪 (zh) (tǔfěi)

• Czech: zločinec (cs) m, gangster m, bandita (cs) m
• Danish: gangster (da) c, bandemedlem n
• Dutch: gangster (nl) m
• Esperanto: gangstero
• Estonian: gangster (et), bandiit
• Finnish: jengiläinen (fi)
• French: gangster (fr) m, bandit (fr) m
• Galician: delate m, delado, viltroteiro m, estrapexante m, bandido m
• Georgian: ბანდიტი (bandiṭi), ავაზაკი (avazaḳi), განგსტერი (gangsṭeri), ყაჩაღი (q̇ačaɣi)
• German: Gangster (de) m, Bandit (de) m
• Hungarian: gengszter (hu), bandita (hu)
• Irish: drongadóir m
• Italian: gangster (it) m or f, mafioso (it) m, delinquente (it) m, malvivente (it) m
• Japanese: ギャングスター (gyangusutā), 匪徒 (ja) (ひと, hito), 山賊 (ja) (さんぞく, sanzoku)
• Kazakh: бандит (bandit), қарақшы (qaraqşy), тонаушы (tonauşy)
• Khmer: យូកូង (yuu koung)
• Korean: 깡패 (ko) (kkangpae), 강도(强盜) (ko) (gangdo), 비적(匪賊) (ko) (bijeok)
• Kyrgyz: бандит (ky) (bandit), кески (keski)

• Latin: grassātor m
• Latvian: bandīts m, gangsteris m
• Lithuanian: banditas m, gangsteris m
• Macedonian: разбојник m (razbojnik), гангстер m (gangster), банди́т m (bandít)
• Malay: gengster
• Norman: gangsteux m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: banditt m, gangster m

• Old English: hloþere m
• Persian: راهزن‎ (fa) (râhzan), خلاف کار‎ (xalâf kâr), اوباش‎ (fa) (owbâš), اراذل‎ (fa) (arâzel), گانگستر‎ (fa) (gângester), گنگستر‎ (gangester)
• Polish: bandyta (pl) m, gangster (pl) m
• Portuguese: gângster (pt) m
• Romanian: bandit (ro) m
• Russian: банди́т (ru) m (bandít), га́нгстер (ru) m (gángster), разбо́йник (ru) m (razbójnik)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ра́збо̄јнӣк m, га̀нгстер m

  Roman: rázbōjnīk (sh) m, gàngster (sh) m

• Slovak: zločinec m, gangster m, bandita m
• Slovene: gangster m, razbojnik m
• Sotho: tsotsi
• Spanish: gángster (es) m, pandillero (es) m, marero m, gánster m, bandido (es) m, alaraco (es)
• Swahili: jangili (sw)
• Swedish: gangster (sv) c, gängmedlem c
• Tajik: ғоратгар (ġoratgar), яғмогар (tg) (yaġmogar), роҳзан (rohzan)
• Thai: นักเลง (th) (nák-leeng), อันธพาล (th) (an-tá-paan)
• Turkish: çeteci (tr), gangster (tr)
• Ukrainian: банди́т (uk) m (bandýt), розбі́йник m (rozbíjnyk)
• Uzbek: bosmachi (uz), bandit (uz)

Verb

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

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

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Czech

Noun

gangster m

1. gangster

Derived terms

• gangsterský

Further reading

• gangster in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• gangster in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English gangster.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɛŋ.stər/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: gang‧ster

Noun

gangster m (plural gangsters, diminutive gangstertje n)

1. gangster

Adjective

gangster (not comparable)

1. (slang) cool, awesome

Inflection

Inflection of gangster
uninflected	gangster
inflected	gangster
comparative	—
		positive
predicative/adverbial		gangster
indefinite	m./f. sing.	gangster
	n. sing.	gangster
	plural	gangster
definite		gangster
partitive		gangsters

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɑ̃ɡ.stɛʁ/

• Audio

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Noun

gangster m (plural gangsters)

1. gangster

Descendants

• → Romanian: gangster
• → Turkish: gangster

Further reading

• “gangster”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Etymology

From English gangster.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɛn.ster/, /ˈɡan.ster/, /ˈɡɛnɡ.ster/, /ˈɡanɡ.ster/
• Rhymes: -ɛnster, -anster, -ɛnɡster, -anɡster
• Hyphenation: gàng‧ster

Noun

gangster m or f (invariable)

1. gangster

Derived terms

• gangsterismo
• gangsteristico

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English gangster.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡaŋ.kstɛr/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -aŋkstɛr
• Syllabification: gan‧gster

Noun

gangster m pers

1. gangster (gang member)

Declension

Declension of gangster

	singular	plural
nominative	gangster	gangsterzy
genitive	gangstera	gangsterów
dative	gangsterowi	gangsterom
accusative	gangstera	gangsterów
instrumental	gangsterem	gangsterami
locative	gangsterze	gangsterach
vocative	gangsterze	gangsterzy

Derived terms

adjective

• gangsterski

 

Related terms

nouns

• gang
• gangsterstwo
• gangsteryzm

 

Further reading

• gangster in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• gangster in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Noun

gangster m, f (plural gangsters)

1. Alternative spelling of gângster

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Romanian

Etymology

From French gangster.

Noun

gangster m (plural gangsteri)

1. gangster

Declension

Declension of gangster

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) gangster	gangsterul	(niște) gangsteri	gangsterii
genitive/dative	(unui) gangster	gangsterului	(unor) gangsteri	gangsterilor
vocative	gangsterule		gangsterilor

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡǎŋɡster/
• Hyphenation: gang‧ster

Noun

gàngster m (Cyrillic spelling га̀нгстер)

1. gangster

Declension

Declension of gangster

	singular	plural
nominative	gangster	gangsteri
genitive	gangstera	gangstera
dative	gangsteru	gangsterima
accusative	gangstera	gangstere
vocative	gangsteru	gangsteri
locative	gangsteru	gangsterima
instrumental	gangsterom	gangsterima

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Spanish

Noun

gangster m (plural gangsteres)

1. Alternative spelling of gángster