apache

A noun referring to a member of a violent criminal gang in Paris, particularly active in the early 20th century.

• 🇵🇹Substantivo que designa um membro de uma gangue criminosa violenta em Paris, especialmente ativa no início do século XX; por extensão, um criminoso ou valentão.

1. Parisian gangster C1 formal british

   A member of a violent criminal gang in Paris, especially in the early 20th century, known for street violence and robberies.

   • The apache was notorious for his brutal attacks in the Montmartre district.
   • Parisian police struggled to control the apache gangs in the early 1900s.
   • The film depicted the life of an apache in the underworld of Paris.

   🇵🇹Gângster parisiense

   Sinônimos: gangsterhoodlumruffianthug

• apaches plural form
• apaches' possessive plural form
• apache's possessive singular form