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gangster

[gang-ster] / ˈgæŋ stər /


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I think that’s the first time that Yasmin became a gangster.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 15, 2026

Conleth Hill joins as Clemmy Keeler, the fierce patriarch of the Keeler gangster family, who rival the Peaky Blinders' ambitions to rebuild the city.

From BBC Jun. 11, 2026

“He was a cinephile without us, at the time, even knowing what that term meant. He would bring back really good films. He loved the gangster genre,” Vargas says.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 30, 2026

One of the greatest gangster films of all time was nearly marred by tragedy.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 1, 2026

The She Elephant swaggered among them like a gangster.

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

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

Officials no longer talk about eliminating the PCC but managing its uneasy coexistence with the state—often leaving investigators frustrated or stunned by the links between gangsters and the state itself.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 20, 2026

“Audiences loved gangsters because they were fighting back at the man,” says Kathryn Fuller-Seeley, professor of media studies at the University of Texas at Austin.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 21, 2026

There may have been some male suitors but never any who were gangsters.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 26, 2026

At fifty-one, he had served in the Coast Guard for most of his working life, and he had been tracking the gangsters for years.

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




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