gangster

A gangster is a member of an organized criminal group who engages in illegal activities such as extortion, trafficking, and violence to gain power, money, and influence.

Observed surface forms (11)

• American gangster ×7
• mobster ×6
• criminal ×5
• bootlegger ×3
• Prohibition-era criminal ×2
• drug trafficker ×2
• American mob courier ×1
• Harlem gangster ×1
• Prohibition-era gangster ×1
• enforcement arm of the American Mafia ×1

• organized crime syndicate ×1

Instances (23)

• Al Capone
• Willie Sutton via concept surface "criminal"
• George "Machine Gun" Kelly via concept surface "American gangster"
• Alvin Karpis
• Bugsy via concept surface "mobster"
• National Crime Syndicate via concept surface "organized crime syndicate"
• Murder, Inc. via concept surface "enforcement arm of the American Mafia"
• Meyer Lansky via concept surface "mobster"
• Lucky Luciano via concept surface "mobster"
• Frank Costello via concept surface "bootlegger"
• Benjamin via concept surface "mobster"
  surface form: Benjamin Siegel
• Virginia Hill via concept surface "American mob courier"
• Nicky Arnstein via concept surface "criminal"
• Bugs Moran (as rival)
  surface form: Bugs Moran
• Johnny Torrio via concept surface "mobster"
• Frank Nitti via concept surface "mobster"
• Frank Lucas via concept surface "drug trafficker"
• Alphonse via concept surface "American gangster"
  surface form: Alphonse Capone
• Seth Gecko via concept surface "criminal"
• Bumpy Johnson via concept surface "Harlem gangster"
• Nicky Barnes via concept surface "drug trafficker"
• Machine Gun Kelly via concept surface "American gangster"
• Pablo Escobar via concept surface "criminal"