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gangster

[gang-ster] / ˈgæŋ stər /


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And the booth frequented by gangster Mickey Cohen will stay put.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 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

“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

Soon JJ was spending time with Michael - watching gangster films, playing video games and listening to his stories.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

When he smiled, however, you saw the softness in his eyes, which made it clear that Lefty was in fact no gangster but the pampered, bookish son of comfortably well-off parents.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

But today's gangsters no longer need cinema to build their mythology.

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

Mr. Starritt packs a lot into his sweeping novel—from underwater turbines to hydrogen-powered rockets, financial meltdowns to renewable-energy startups, Japanese gangsters to Italian cuisine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

Its members have mocked hard-shell cholos and gangsters, often by placing them in funny scenarios.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026

Traynor listened patiently to Dasch, who emphasized that he was supplying information to the FBI as a means toward that end—to fight against Hitler and his "rotten gangsters."

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple


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