gangsters

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In addition to grime, gore and disdain for governments, the ragtime gangsters of “Peaky Blinders” provided a minor education.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

Critics say the links between Karachi’s gangsters and Islamist terrorists are overdrawn, that the real Karachi is far less glamorous than its Bollywood incarnation, and that one character’s Punjabi accent isn’t quite right.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025

But I’ve seen that look in pro-fighters, football players and serious gangsters.

From Salon • Nov. 21, 2025

In an interview with the BBC this week, Hopkins described life at Alcatraz, where he made friends with gangsters and once helped plan an unsuccessful escape.

From BBC • May 10, 2025

Instead of moving on and making way for the younger gangsters to ascend, the veterans stayed put.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt