as in thug
a violent, brutal person who is often a member of an organized gang
Al Capone remains one of the most notorious gangsters in American history
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Recent Examples of gangster
In two years, gangster rap would explode.
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Keith Murphy, VIBE.com, 31 Oct. 2025
Farrell didn’t get all that much to do in this early bit as a small-time goon working for a folk-hero gangster played by Kevin Spacey (who reportedly discovered Farrell and asked him to join the cast).
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
John Dillinger American gangster John Dillinger was born in Indianapolis in June 1903.
—Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 29 Oct. 2025
McLusky, however, isn’t interested in meeting new gangsters or unknown criminals in his town.
—Demetrius Patterson, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2025
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Again, Maduro is a socialist thug.—
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This is the underworld that Michlewitz and the rest of his thug pals come out of, and will protect at all costs.—
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The first thing to do is to reduce the damage to the United States, the inflow of guns and criminals and immigrants and drugs into the United States, the destabilizing of a key part of the Western Hemisphere.—
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Also, place freezes with ChexSystems and the National Consumer Telecom and Utilities Exchange to stop criminals from opening bank accounts, phone lines, or utility services in his name.—
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Sorkin finds no heroes but also no villains.—
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But what Ole Miss has had to deal with is beyond the norm, with Kiffin in the villain’s role.—
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There can be no doubt that in tax terms, America’s wealthiest families make out like bandits.—
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The robbery lasted less than seven minutes, as the bandits used a truck with an extendable ladder to cut through a window on a second-floor balcony, according to police.—
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Though detectives conclude that assassin cult members Ash (Jon Pointing) and Dee Dee (Maeve Courtier-Lilley) were the ones who killed Aaron, Paige revealed that the real killer was Ingrid.—
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Maduro is being held in the same federal jail in Brooklyn as accused assassin Luigi Mangione.—
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On the mobster as a character and a political entity.—
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As a mobster and street hustler, Luke brought new drama to the medical soap, including espionage storylines and overseas subplots.—
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“Gangster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gangster. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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