mobster
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As the mobster Hyman Roth and Michael Corleone plot to take over even more of a Cuba on the verge of revolution, Roth says:
From Salon ● Mar. 24, 2026
Two of his most heralded prosecutions involved New York mobster John Gotti and General Manuel Noriega of Panama.
From Barron's ● Mar. 21, 2026
In “The Mask,” also released in 1994, he played mobster Dorian Tyrell, antagonist to Jim Carrey’s Stanley Ipkiss, a.k.a. the Mask.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2026
Sylvester Stallone as an “over-the-hill goombah” who brings East Coast mobster methods to a heartland city?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
He wore a massive velour tracksuit with gold chains around his neck and greased-back hair, so he looked like a thirty-foot-tall mobster - if mobsters had dragon feet and burnt-orange skin.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
Rocky Balboa is a stumblebum club fighter making $65 a fight and working on the side as collection man for small-time mobsters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
But Morano, the councilman, is adamant that "this is not just a place that should be known for landfills and mobsters."
From Barron's ● Feb. 13, 2026
Rittenhome never lifts a finger, but Scorsese’s coiled performance drives home the point that corporate executives can be as ruthless as mobsters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2025
After McCarthy was discredited, Roy Cohn came back to New York and he acquired all kinds of clients; mobsters, nightclub owners, businessmen.
From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2024
It was silly for me to imagine mobsters lurking around, but still, I was happy we’d found seats against the airport wall . . . just in case.
From "The Red Umbrella" by Christina Gonzalez
