gangland
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A statement by the country's Civil Guard said Scottish gangland figure Steven Lyons had been arrested in the Netherlands after being deported from Bali on Tuesday.
From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2026
Like the cops, crooks and gangland toughs who populate his books, Don Winslow has something of a street fighter’s mentality.
From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2024
Yet, thanks to Cloud, who brought gentleness and gentility to the role, the character could never be easily written off, or out, as a gangland plot device.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2023
Students normally picked comedies, but Ashanti went with "Colors," the 1988 drama about Los Angeles cops patrolling gangland beats.
From Salon ● Dec. 21, 2022
Jimmie Dale's range of acquaintanceship was wide—from the upper strata of the St. James Club to the elite of New York's gangland.
From The Adventures of Jimmie Dale by Frank L. (Frank Lucius) Packard
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