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Gangster is a criminal who is a member of a crime organization, such as a gang. The terms are most commonly used in reference to members of the criminal organizations associated with American prohibition and the
research paper American offshoot of the Italian Mafia, such as the Chicago Outfit, the
Philadelphia Mafia, and the Five Families, and individuals such as Al Capone and Bugsy Siegel. Gangsters have been romanticized in popular culture in films such as
The Godfather series,
GoodFellas and TV shows like
The Sopranos.