gangster
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“You’re a sociopath,” he flatly tells a Bristol gangster.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
"Are we in an American gangster movie? This needs to stop," Salvatore says.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
“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
I think that’s the first time that Yasmin became a gangster.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026
When I asked him where it was, he said his shirt was to be laundered by the notorious gangster inmate Al Capone.
From "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko
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
But demand has fallen hard for his niche talent of calmly engaging with gangsters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026
Shelby is seen writing a book as a form of therapy, before the world of the Peaky Blinders gangsters "draws him back in, and ultimately his son draws him back into the world", Murphy said.
From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2026
Yet she rose to become one of the most formidable code breakers in the world, the scourge of gangsters and spies.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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