gangland

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During his trial, he lodged a special defence of incrimination against three men including Stephen Jamieson, one of the four major gangland figures now believed to be in custody in the UAE.

From BBC • Sep. 27, 2025

Like the cops, crooks and gangland toughs who populate his books, Don Winslow has something of a street fighter’s mentality.

From New York Times • Apr. 1, 2024

Students normally picked comedies, but Ashanti went with "Colors," the 1988 drama about Los Angeles cops patrolling gangland beats.

From Salon • Dec. 21, 2022

The power and deadly potential of automatic weapons have set them apart in American’s fascination with guns since gangland mobsters wielded Tommy submachine guns in the early decades of the 1900s.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2022

Then from the blasphemous mouth of the king of gangland there came a shriek of awful fear.

From Astounding Stories, March, 1931 by Various