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).
[1] "Moll" is also used as a euphemism for a woman prostitute.
[2] Prominent, true-life gun molls (and the men they were associated with) include: