gangster

See also: gángster

§English

§Etymology

Circa 1895, gang +‎ -ster.

§Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡæŋstə/

§Noun

gangster (plural gangsters)

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

§Translations

street gang member

• Afrikaans: rampokker
• Bulgarian: гангстер (bg) m pl (gangster)
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: zločinec m, gangster m
• Dutch: gangster (nl)
• Estonian: gangster (et)
• Finnish: jengiläinen (fi)
• French: gangster (fr) m, bandit (fr) m
• German: Gangster (de) m, Bandit (de) m
• Italian: gangster (it) m, f
• Japanese: ギャングスター (gyangusutā), 匪徒 (ja) (ひと, hito), 山賊 (さんぞく, sanzoku)

• Jèrriais: gangsteux m
• Korean: 깡패 (kkangpae), 강도 (ko) (gangdo)(强盜)
• Malay: gengster
• Polish: bandyta (pl) m
• Portuguese: gângster
• Russian: бандит (ru) m (bandít), гангстер (ru) m (gángster), разбойник (ru) m (razbójnik)
• Sotho: tsotsi
• Spanish: gángster (es) m, pandillero m, marero m, gánster m, gangster (es) m
• Swahili: jangili (sw)
• Swedish: gangster (sv) c, gängmedlem c
• Turkish: çeteci (tr), gangster (tr)

§Derived terms

• gangsta

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§Italian

§Noun

gangster m, f (invariable)

1. gangster

§Derived terms

• gangsterismo
• gangsteristico

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§Serbo-Croatian

§Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡǎnɡster/
• 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 gangsters)

1. Alternative spelling of gángster