Subscribing to a course of action reminiscent of organized crime. Acting or conducting business in a way that is violent and totally without conscience. Acting like a gangster/thug/hoodlum.
Running business or holding a high government position with the help of hired guns, intimidation and the occasional asassination.
by Gramaticon July 26, 2005
any act that has something menacing about it. it's also a philosophy in a sense that any action you take is being done for the mere joy of feeling invincible.
See, when I roll in my Porsche 930 Turbo, and I'm cruising down the Blvd, these people respect the power that I bring, both in style and substance, that is gangsterism.
by RS_squad June 21, 2007
Term coined in Ms. Hirota's AP World History class. The act of gangsters taking over a country by undercutting the current government.
Random China man 1: Whoa! look at the boxer rebellion and their presence in china!
Random China man 2: Yea, fo sho. They they believe in the gangsterism political structure
Random China man 2: Yea, fo sho. They they believe in the gangsterism political structure
by Andrew Chan February 11, 2008
the whole act of gangsters: everything they do or say thats known all over known all over the world
-the act of gangsterism
-the act of gangsterism
by pocketRockets July 27, 2005
Idiot: (being annoying or singing)
Certified G: Shut up, fool!! Or else I'll have to gangsterate you...
Idiot: Noooo! Anything but that!
Certified G: Shut up, fool!! Or else I'll have to gangsterate you...
Idiot: Noooo! Anything but that!
by Certified G March 13, 2009
An individual who is a member of an organization that profits through organized crime. Also known as Mobsters. The guys in South Central strapped with guns and carrying large amounts of weed are more commonly known as 'gangbangers', not to be confused with 'gangsters', though both are equally dangerous.
Gangsters/Mobsters:Al Capone, Lucky Luciano, John Gotti.
Gangbangers:Bloods,Crips, most other South Central street fraternities.
Gangbangers:Bloods,Crips, most other South Central street fraternities.
by BadLieutenant August 21, 2004
The original and the best, they were back in the 1920s and 30s. Cold, ruthless, sophisticated, organized. Experts at making money and living well. They were very cool and mature, didn't go around shooting their mouth off bragging and showing off like overgrown teens. They had a very original vocabulary which is still used today. The TV show The Untouchables depict them very accurately. pop culture, history, cool, legend, money, sophisticated, crime, mafia, gang, bootlegging, prohibition, underworld, feds, organized crime, the untouchables, Eliot Ness, 1920s, criminals, gangster
Pretty Boy Floyd, Dutch Schultz, Al Capone, Machine Gun Kelly, Jack "Legs" Diamond, "Lucky Luciano" pop culture, history, cool, legend, money, sophisticated, crime, mafia, gang, bootlegging, prohibition, underworld, feds, organized crime, the untouchables, Eliot Ness, 1920s, criminals, gangster
by velvet67 July 31, 2009