gun moll

noun

, Slang.

1. a female companion of a criminal.
2. a female criminal.

gun moll

noun

1. slang.
   a female criminal or a woman who associates with criminals

Word History and Origins

Origin of gun moll¹

1905–10; gun in earlier British argot “thief ” ( ganef ), later taken as gun ¹, which has influenced sense; son of a gun