gangsters

Example Sentences

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And it didn't help that public perception continued to associate tattoos with gangsters and organised crime.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

People are carefully trying to connect the dots, trying to point to places within Dylan’s work where he’s mentioned gangsters or specific moments in American history.

From Salon • May 12, 2026

There may have been some male suitors but never any who were gangsters.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 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

In their dark glasses, they look like gangsters in the American movies that sometimes come to town.

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez