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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

El Dorado is controlled by a gangster known only by his first name, Fabio, a Pablo Escobar-type character who has ingratiated himself with locals through acts of charity.

From Barron's Jun. 4, 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

He'd seen plenty of gangster movies, and the FBI always caught the bad guys.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple

Some of its most notable inmates have included notorious gangsters Al Capone, Mickey Cohen and George "Machine Gun" Kelly.

From BBC Apr. 4, 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

In clipped, fast-moving scenes, Mr. Sayles shifts between the boardroom and the assembly line, and radiates out to develop the roles of attendant characters, from journalists to labor activists to gangsters and rumrunners.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 29, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 26, 2026

When she splits the book open, I watch her flip through sketches of cartoonish women, all dressed like futuristic gangsters and armed with some kind of weapon or another.

From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman




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