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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

“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

The Scottish Liberal Democrat leader branded the US president a "gangster".

From BBC Apr. 15, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 1, 2026

Lucky for her, I don't really have the heart to be gangster anyway.

From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds

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

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 24, 2026

In addition to grime, gore and disdain for governments, the ragtime gangsters of “Peaky Blinders” provided a minor education.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 19, 2026

Shelby is seen writing a book as a form of therapy, before the world of the Peaky Blinders gangsters "draws him back in, and ultimately his son draws him back into the world", Murphy said.

From BBC Mar. 5, 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

In their dark glasses, they look like gangsters in the American movies that sometimes come to town.

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez




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