Synonyms for
Gangsters
Definition
Gangsters are members of a group of violent criminals.
Synonyms & similar words
Synonyms by register
Antonyms
Common collocations
- organized gangsters
- former gangsters
- gangsters and police
- notorious gangsters
- gangsters' territory
- gangsters' lives
- gangsters' code
Word family
noun gangsterism
adjective gangsterish
Usage note
Refers to members of a criminal gang, often associated with organized crime. Connotation is generally negative and illicit.
Example sentences
- The gangsters terrorized the neighborhood.
- The police arrested the gangsters after a long chase.
- The gangsters were involved in drug trafficking.
- The gangsters carried guns and knives.
- The gangsters threatened to harm the shopkeeper.
Quotes
I have spent my whole life scared, frightened of things that could happen, might happen, might not happen. Fifty years I spent like that. Finding myself awake at three in the morning. But you know what? Ever since my diagnosis, I sleep just fine. What I came to realize is that fear, that's the worst of it. That's the real enemy. So, get up, get out in the real world and you kick that bastard as hard as you can right in the teeth. - Walter White (Breaking Bad)
I've spent most of my life in hiding, except when I'm serving. I'm not gonna live that way anymore. - Tony Soprano (The Sopranos)
You don't have to be afraid of the dark, you just have to be afraid of what's in it. - Frank (Once Upon a Time in the West)