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gangster

[gang-ster] / ˈgæŋ stər /


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“The Navy wanted from the Italians all the pictures they could possibly get of every port of Sicily, of every channel,” Meyer Lansky, another notorious gangster, later testified.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

For the Daily Telegraph, a picture of Meghan in pink serves to mark her "advanced discussions" to join the cast of the "gangster series" The Gentlemen.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026

Vincent Pastore, best known for playing gangster informant Salvatore “Big Pussy” Bonpensiero on HBO’s “The Sopranos,” has died.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 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 jaws were blue-black and he looked like a gangster in the movies.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

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

Mr. Starritt packs a lot into his sweeping novel—from underwater turbines to hydrogen-powered rockets, financial meltdowns to renewable-energy startups, Japanese gangsters to Italian cuisine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 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

He was one of those young men who affected a style of dress that mimicked the well- tailored gangsters in American movies.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela


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