A gangster is a criminal who is a member of a gang. Some gangs are considered to be part of organized crime . Gangsters are also called mobsters , a term derived from mob and the suffix -ster . [1] Gangs provide a level of organization and resources that support much larger and more complex criminal transactions than an individual criminal could achieve. Gangsters have been active for many years in countries around the world. Some gangsters, such as Al Capone , have become infamous. Gangsters are the subject of many movies, particularly from the period between 1930 and 1960. Nowadays, unorganized crime from non-Italian origins (such as Crips and Bloods) have taken to using the word gangster to refer to their fellow criminals, though often spelled as gangsta in reference to non-rhotic Black American pronunciation.
Posted on: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 10:19:11 +0000
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