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gangstering

gangstering is the present participle and gerund of gangster.

Meaning of gangster

Verb

gangster (third-person singular simple present gangsters, present participle gangstering, simple past and past participle gangstered)

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

See all 5 meanings of gangster

Questions about gangstering

What is gangstering the present participle and gerund of?
Gangstering is the present participle and gerund of gangster.

Words near gangstering in the dictionary

  1. gangstered
  2. gangsteress
  3. gangsteresses
  4. gangsterhood
  5. gangsterical
  6. gangstering
  7. gangsterish
  8. gangsterism
  9. gangsterisms
  10. gangsterization
  11. gangsterize

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gangstering (page history and authors); gangster (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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