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Gangsterism See also Outlawry. Black Hand, the sobriquet for the Mafia. [Am. Hist.: NCE, 1657] ace” (1899–1947) Chicago mobster, famous gangland bootleg king. [Am. Hist.: Flexner, 73] secret organization akin to the Mafia; operates in the U.S. [Am. Hist.: Misc.] gangster mob of the 1920s. [Am. Hist.: NCE, 2018] figure” to the Mafia. [Am. Lit.: The Godfather; Am. Cinema: Halliwell, 297] tough Jewish gangster of Odessa. [Russ. Lit.: Benya Krik, the Gangster]
archetypal gangster. [Am. Cinema: Griffith, 269] criminals are so revolted by the murder of several children that they search and capture the murderer. [Ger. Cinema: Halliwell, 256] sinister crime syndicate promotes violence to achieve goals. [Am. Hist.: NCE, 1657] organized crime unit throughout major cities of the United States. [Am. Hist.: NCE, 2018] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| But they've never made a comprehensive effort to secure our streets and take on the dysfunctional culture that breeds gangsterism. Dan Froot, in his portrait of Jewish gangsterism, Shlammer (2002), features a live klezmer band complete with violin, euphonium, and accordion players. She sees the Bush administration's global democratic revolution/reconstruction project as kindred to the subsidized gangsterism that turned post-Soviet Russia into a huge sty of official corruption, with commissars, corporate criminals, academics, and internationalist bureaucrats all gorging themselves at the aid trough. |
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