“What the United States has done to TikTok is almost the same as a gangster forcing an unreasonable and unfair business deal on a legitimate company,” the state-run China Daily wrote in a Wednesday opinion piece.
TikTok will not be banned at midnight, judge rules|Claire Zillman, reporter|September 28, 2020|Fortune
Are the guys from Vanity Fair and Time battling it out and trying to get gangster with each other?
It Was All a Dream: Drama, Bullshit, and the Rebirth of The Source Magazine|Alex Suskind|October 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
What Nucky Johnson was not was a gangster, though he did go to prison for a short stint, like Al Capone, for tax evasion.
'Boardwalk Empire' Left New Jersey and Lost Its Way|Allen Barra|September 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The trip was bankrolled by low-level Miami gangster Raul Pacheco, himself already on probation for attempted armed burglary.
MLB’s Next Headache: Cartels, Gangsters, and Their Cuban Superstars|Peter C. Bjarkman|April 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Like a gangster shooting in a Hays Code era motion picture, the inhale and the exhale are shown in separate shots.
‘Silicon Valley’ and the Return of Stoner Television|Rich Goldstein|April 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The people here claim they have been victimized by a hostile media and a gangster neo-Nazi government in Kiev.
Pro-Russian Protestors in Ukraine Dream of Soviet Glory Days|David Patrikarakos|April 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
You found me in a penitentiary, busted and all in—a thief and a gangster.
The Sky Line of Spruce|Edison Marshall
It mushroomed with a flare of scorching radiance that drove needles of agony into the gangster's body.
Empire|Clifford Donald Simak
Oh, knock it off—where do you get that pirate bit, gangster?
The Syndic|C.M. Kornbluth
There was frank awe in the gangster's voice as he at last broke the silence.
Zehru of Xollar|Hal K. Wells
Danton might possibly have become a legal filibuster, a highwayman or gangster, and finally throttled or hung.
The Origins of Contemporary France, Volume 4 (of 6)|Hippolyte A. Taine
British Dictionary definitions for gangster
gangster
/ (ˈɡæŋstə) /
noun
a member of an organized gang of criminals, esp one who resorts to violence