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bully, gangbanger, gangsta, goon, gorilla, hood, hoodlum, hooligan, mobster, mug, plug-ugly, punk, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian, thug, tough, toughie (also toughy), yob [British], yobbo [British]
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As recently as November, a judge dismissed a juror for misconduct in a case of two gang members accused of killing a Vallejo woman on Highway 4 who was in a car with a rival gangster. — Angela Ruggiero, The Mercury News, "Ghost Ship trial: How often are trials upended by juror misconduct?," 20 Aug. 2019 The glamor of the gangster film is as old as Hollywood itself. — David Sims, The Atlantic, "The Kitchen Can’t Figure Out What Kind of Gangster Film It Is," 9 Aug. 2019 While numerous organizations opposed American Nazis, one group took the fight further than the rest — Jewish gangsters. — Eric Ginsburg, Teen Vogue, "American Nazis and Nazi Sympathizers Have Been Around Since the 1930’s," 26 Nov. 2018 Scarface’ When: April 19 Brian De Palma’s update of the 1932 gangster film still has a visceral resonance, thanks in part to a towering performance by Al Pacino. — Mekado Murphy, New York Times, "Robert De Niro’s Top Picks for the Tribeca Film Festival," 17 Apr. 2018 The film won’t flop due to the acting, which is led by the excellent Bryan Cranston, best known as a craggy-faced chemistry teacher turned meth gangster. — Nina Burleigh, Newsweek, "'Trumbo' Terrific but Fated to Flop," 7 Nov. 2015 Demonstrators also detained and tied a Chinese national to a luggage cart after accusing him of being a gangster. — Joshua Berlinger, CNN, "Order returns to Hong Kong airport, but tensions linger," 14 Aug. 2019 In retaliation, gangsters sprayed a nearby house with bullets, injuring a man and his 18-year-old niece. — Kimon De Greef, BostonGlobe.com, "As gang murders surge, South Africa sends army to Cape Town, and the city cheers," 13 Aug. 2019 Beijing has also ramped up its propaganda machine, portraying the demonstrators as violent gangsters whose activities are starting to look like terrorism. — Ezra Cheung, New York Times, "Chaos Grips Hong Kong’s Airport as Police Clash With Protesters," 12 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'gangster.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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