gangster
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“He was a cinephile without us, at the time, even knowing what that term meant. He would bring back really good films. He loved the gangster genre,” Vargas says.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026
"Sinners," the tale of gangster twins returning home to a supernatural and segregated Deep South in the 1930s, has already made Academy Awards history with its whopping 16 nominations.
From Barron's • Mar. 15, 2026
There are amusing moments in murder mysteries and gangster sagas; sometimes one needs a break.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026
There is the It Club, owned by a Black gangster and visited by everyone from Miles to Coltrane to Monk, who recorded an album there.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2026
Synonyms: thug, delinquent, hooligan, low-life, gangster, and, according to Long, Brianna.
From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas
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