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
Congress first restricted machine guns in 1934 in response to the gangland murders during Prohibition, including the Valentine’s Day massacre in Chicago.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2024
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
Students normally picked comedies, but Ashanti went with "Colors," the 1988 drama about Los Angeles cops patrolling gangland beats.
From Salon ● Dec. 21, 2022
Then from the blasphemous mouth of the king of gangland there came a shriek of awful fear.
From Astounding Stories, March, 1931 by Various
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