Gangster vs. Mafia

Gangsternoun

A member of a criminal or street gang.

Gangsternoun

A member of a professional criminal organization; a racketeer.

Gangsterverb

To act like a gangster; to commit street crime or run a racket.

Gangsternoun

a criminal who is a member of gang

Gangsternoun

a member of a gang of violent criminals

Gangster

A gangster is a criminal who is a member of a gang. Most gangs are considered to be part of organized crime.

Mafianoun

A hierarchically structured secret organisation engaged in illegal activities like distribution of narcotics, gambling and extortion.

Mafianoun

A crime syndicate.

Mafianoun

A trusted group of associates, as of a political leader.

Mafianoun

An entity which attempts to control a specified arena.

Mafianoun

see maffia, maffioso.

Mafianoun

a crime syndicate in the United States; organized in families; believed to have important relations to the Sicilian Mafia

Mafianoun

a secret terrorist group in Sicily; originally opposed tyranny but evolved into a criminal organization in the middle of the 19th century

Mafianoun

any tightly knit group of trusted associates

Mafia

A mafia is a type of organized crime syndicate whose primary activities are protection racketeering, arbitrating disputes between criminals, and brokering and enforcing illegal agreements and transactions. Mafias often engage in secondary activities such as gambling, loan sharking, drug-trafficking, prostitution, and fraud.