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gangster

[gang-ster] / ˈgæŋ stər /


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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

“The Navy wanted from the Italians all the pictures they could possibly get of every port of Sicily, of every channel,” Meyer Lansky, another notorious gangster, later testified.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

The She Elephant swaggered among them like a gangster.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer

Sivanandhan, who spent years confronting Mumbai's gangsters, knows the limits of even the tightest security.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

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

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

So it must have rubbed him the wrong way to see Elizebeth winning battles against smugglers and gangsters in the 1920s and 1930s.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield


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