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the mobster threatened to break his legs if he didn't pay up
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The Elms’ guest list included plenty of notables--celebrities, politicians, maybe even a few mobsters (especially during Prohibition) and on election night in 1948, one Harry S. Truman.
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Randy Mason, Kansas City Star, 15 May 2024
In 1962, he was charged with being the ringleader of the 1961 grift, colluding with mobsters and bribing players to fix games.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 18 Apr. 2024
Just one month after the property’s grand opening, the mobster Frank Costello was shot in New York City.
—USA TODAY, 2 Apr. 2024
Chein played a Taiwanese mobster who heads to Los Angeles area to protect his estranged mother after his father is assassinated in Taipei.
—Variety, NBC News, 5 Mar. 2024
Tulsa King follows a mobster (Stallone) who tries to build a new crime empire in Oklahoma after being released from prison.
—James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Apr. 2024
When The New York Post in 2016 asked him about Mr. Lansky’s tastes, Mr. Greenfield recalled that mobster’s orders exactly: 40-short, navy, single-breasted suits.
—Alex Traub, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024
The mobsters operate in a loose but disciplined confederation overseen from New York by mafias rooted in southern China, according to state and federal officials.
—Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, 14 Mar. 2024
There has not been a major gambling scandal in NCAA men's basketball since an incident involving Boston College and notorious mobster Henry Hill in the late 1970s.
—Rob Wile, NBC News, 8 Mar. 2024
Randy Mason, Kansas City Star, 15 May 2024
In 1962, he was charged with being the ringleader of the 1961 grift, colluding with mobsters and bribing players to fix games.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 18 Apr. 2024
Just one month after the property’s grand opening, the mobster Frank Costello was shot in New York City.
—USA TODAY, 2 Apr. 2024
Chein played a Taiwanese mobster who heads to Los Angeles area to protect his estranged mother after his father is assassinated in Taipei.
—Variety, NBC News, 5 Mar. 2024
Tulsa King follows a mobster (Stallone) who tries to build a new crime empire in Oklahoma after being released from prison.
—James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Apr. 2024
When The New York Post in 2016 asked him about Mr. Lansky’s tastes, Mr. Greenfield recalled that mobster’s orders exactly: 40-short, navy, single-breasted suits.
—Alex Traub, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024
The mobsters operate in a loose but disciplined confederation overseen from New York by mafias rooted in southern China, according to state and federal officials.
—Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, 14 Mar. 2024
There has not been a major gambling scandal in NCAA men's basketball since an incident involving Boston College and notorious mobster Henry Hill in the late 1970s.
—Rob Wile, NBC News, 8 Mar. 2024
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“Mobster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mobster. Accessed 23 May. 2024.
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mobster
noun
mob·ster
ˈmäb-stər 
: a member of a criminal gang
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