gangster
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The Halls believe the posts are designed to project a "gangster image" and gain kudos.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
Conleth Hill joins as Clemmy Keeler, the fierce patriarch of the Keeler gangster family, who rival the Peaky Blinders' ambitions to rebuild the city.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
His whereabouts are known by the loathsome twin giant worms, a brother and sister, who took over the planet Nal Hutta after the slaying of its gangster boss, Jabba the Hutt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 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
He'd seen plenty of gangster movies, and the FBI always caught the bad guys.
From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple
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
Its members have mocked hard-shell cholos and gangsters, often by placing them in funny scenarios.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
And it didn't help that public perception continued to associate tattoos with gangsters and organised crime.
From BBC ● May 29, 2026
But demand has fallen hard for his niche talent of calmly engaging with gangsters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026
It was not easy to gain Americans’ sympathy when you’d spent years cutting off their liquor supply, but articles about a tiny woman bringing gangsters to justice made their departments look like the good guys.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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