gangster
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In 2025 he starred in a gangster movie, playing The Jackal in Fall to the Top, and later the same year appeared in Celebrity MasterChef.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
There’s a rich conversation about the efficacy of influential figures such as gangster Casper Holstein and writer Carl Van Vechten, who helped finance and support, respectively, members of the Harlem Renaissance and their work.
From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026
An actor renowned for his "hard man" image and London gangster roles looked at home filming on the more genteel streets of a south Wales market town.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
In a gangster movie we’d call it muscle: large men with misshapen heads who do the grunt work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
He must have been a gangster of some sort, but I cannot be sure.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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Yestin Duran, a 31-year-old beverage vendor, said she feared that "gangsters and robbers can cross over" more easily from Brazil.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
Its members have mocked hard-shell cholos and gangsters, often by placing them in funny scenarios.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
And it didn't help that public perception continued to associate tattoos with gangsters and organised crime.
From BBC ● May 29, 2026
People are carefully trying to connect the dots, trying to point to places within Dylan’s work where he’s mentioned gangsters or specific moments in American history.
From Salon ● May 12, 2026
He wanted to know if Elizebeth was willing to serve in a new kind of war—a war against smugglers and gangsters.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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