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A gun moll or gangster moll or gangster's moll is the female companion of a male professional criminal. "Gun" was British slang for thief, derived from Yiddish ganef (גנבֿ). "Moll" is also used as a euphemism for a woman prostitute.

Prominent, true-life gun molls (and the men they were associated with) include:

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