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gangster

[gang-ster] / ˈgæŋ stər /


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“You’re a sociopath,” he flatly tells a Bristol gangster.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

"Are we in an American gangster movie? This needs to stop," Salvatore says.

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

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’s wearing a weird hat, one of those old gangster movie ones, and there’s white surfer hair sticking out every which way under it.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson

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

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

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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