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gangster

[gang-ster] / ˈgæŋ stər /


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And the booth frequented by gangster Mickey Cohen will stay put.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

There’s a rich conversation about the efficacy of influential figures such as gangster Casper Holstein and writer Carl Van Vechten, who helped finance and support, respectively, members of the Harlem Renaissance and their work.

From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026

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

The Halls believe the posts are designed to project a "gangster image" and gain kudos.

From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026

Again, they’d rather deal with us than with some gangster loan shark.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah

He has played gangsters, soldiers, policemen, politicians, patriots, villains, comic characters and tragic figures, while moving between Hindi and Marathi cinema and sometimes also working behind the camera as a director and writer.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

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

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

So it must have rubbed him the wrong way to see Elizebeth winning battles against smugglers and gangsters in the 1920s and 1930s.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield


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