gangster

In a gangster movie we’d call it muscle: large men with misshapen heads who do the grunt work.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 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 looks like a gangster to me,” Mrs. Levy said.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

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

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

Some of its most notable inmates have included notorious gangsters Al Capone, Mickey Cohen and George "Machine Gun" Kelly.

From BBC ● Apr. 4, 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

They were the true “OGs,” as the kids say, the original gangsters, and although the language, colors, and turf have changed dramatically over the last four hundred years, the theme is universal.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers