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"Mobster" is a slang term for a person who participates in organized crime, which is known as belonging to "the Mob". In western stories and movies, cowboys as mobsters are known as outlaws. Terrorists at times can also be called mobsters as well, since many terrorist organizations are well-organized. Because many outlaw biker groups, such as, the Hell's Angels and the Bandidos were well-organized as well, they're believed to be part of the Mob also. Therefore, there are three types of mobsters included. Organized crime is crime carried out systematically by formal criminal organizations. ... The Western is an American genre in literature and film. ... Outlaws may refer to: Outlaws, criminals from the Wild West Outlaws Motorcycle Club Outlaws (C64 game), a 1986 video game by Rare Outlaws (game), a 1997 video game by Lucasarts The Outlaws, a southern rock band Tha Outlawz, a rap music group Outlaw gangbanging on any street gang. ... Terrorism refers to the use of violence for the purpose of achieving a political, religious, or ideological goal. ... A terrorist organisation is an organisation that engages in terrorist tactics, they are also (perhaps more neutrally) referred to as militant organisations. ... An Outlaw Biker is an individual who is a member or an affiliate of a so-called motorcycle club. ... Hells Angels (without an apostrophe) is the motorcycle club Hells Angels (with an apostrophe) was a World War II flying squadron in the American Volunteer Group Flying Tigers Hells Angels (movie) is the 1930 aviation movie directed by Howard Hughes This is a disambiguation page, a list of... Bandidos is a motorcycle club with a worldwide membership. ...

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This is an alphabetical list of Italian-American mobsters in the United States. ... This is a list of American organized crime leaders, known as Godfathers or Dons, who usally control Mafia crime families. ... This list includes American and Australian mafiosi by area of operation/sphere of influence. ...

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Mobster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (164 words)
"Mobster" is a slang term for a person who participates in organized crime, which is known as belonging to "the Mob".
In western stories and movies, cowboys as mobsters are known as outlaws.
People who participate in a riot or a violent protest may be, as well, classified as mobsters by some people, even though they are not gangsters or terrorists.
Mobster - Download (645 words)
Mobster is the desktop client for Musicmobs, a Web 2.0 service which allows users to share their iTunes playlists online.
Mobster is a companion application for iTunes that allows you to share your iTunes playlists on the Musicmobs website, play other iTunes users playlists and create playlists based on personalized music recommendations.
Mobster watches the music you play in iTunes and uses recommendation information from Musicmobs to suggest other bands that you may like.
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