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gangster

noun as in person involved in illegal activities

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“Have gangsters taken hold of the place? Your policemen are so tough they can lift a bull by the horns. Surely they can restore order if there are any gangsters around.”

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Australia's most famous gangster won a reduced jail sentence Thursday on one of his drug-related convictions, after it was revealed his lawyer was a police informant.

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She said she was forced to do so by gangsters who tortured her with a hot iron.

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The pair's Argentine Tango will feature a "gangster fight scene", and in a Strictly first, Carney will take the lead role.

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These brilliant episodes describe gangster murders, war injuries, firing squads, hangings and bullfight triumphs and deaths.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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