gangsters
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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
And it didn't help that public perception continued to associate tattoos with gangsters and organised crime.
From BBC ● May 29, 2026
People are carefully trying to connect the dots, trying to point to places within Dylan’s work where he’s mentioned gangsters or specific moments in American history.
From Salon ● May 12, 2026
“Audiences loved gangsters because they were fighting back at the man,” says Kathryn Fuller-Seeley, professor of media studies at the University of Texas at Austin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 21, 2026
She was not one of the reformers who had campaigned for Prohibition, but she believed in the rule of law, and the rise of the gangsters appalled her.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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