A member of a criminal or street gang.
A member of a professional criminal organization (in organized crime): a racketeer.
To act like a gangster; to commit street crime or run a racket.
Characteristic of a gangster; (especially) admirable and audacious.
I looked at my team and thought, "Damn, now that was the most gangster move I have ever seen in my life. I think we just strong-armed a government official in Sierra Leone!"
From gang + -ster. First attested in 1884.
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On friendly terms; cool.
We put an end to our beef. We're all gangster now.