gangster

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

gangster
    n 1: a criminal who is a member of gang [syn: {gangster},
         {mobster}]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

59 Moby Thesaurus words for "gangster":
      Judas, Mafioso, bad person, bandit, betrayer, brigand, convict,
      criminal, crook, dacoit, deceiver, delinquent, desperado,
      desperate criminal, double-dealer, evildoer, felon, fugitive,
      gallows bird, gaolbird, goon, gunman, gunsel, gunslinger, hit man,
      hood, hoodlum, hooligan, jailbird, lawbreaker, malefactor,
      malevolent, malfeasant, malfeasor, misfeasor, mobsman, mobster,
      mugger, outlaw, public enemy, quisling, racketeer, robber, ruffian,
      scofflaw, sinner, skinhead, soldier, swindler, thief, thug,
      torpedo, tough, traitor, transgressor, two-timer, villain,
      worker of ill, wrongdoer

from Who Was Who: 5000 B. C. to Date

GANGSTER

T. H. E., a politician known as a "progressive" when
out of office.