How to Use gangster in a Sentence

gangster

noun

• Al Capone remains one of the most notorious gangsters in American history.
• Robert de Niro, no stranger to the gangster epic, takes the lead.
  — Deanna Janes, Harper's BAZAAR, 19 July 2023
• The epic gangster film would not be the same if it were shot anywhere else.
  — Nina Derwin, Redbook, 17 Aug. 2023
• The name comes from a young gangster named O.D. Perry who was shot and killed on the block.
  — Fox News, 14 Dec. 2021
• There’s a gangster named Saint Joe (played by the wily Daniel Wu, who the movie could have used more of).
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 18 Aug. 2021
• The western tends to be macho fare, akin to the gangster movie in the genre universe.
  — Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2022
• At that time, in 1990, Hong Kong gangsters were out of control.
  — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 3 July 2023
• The Irish gangster seems to be an invention of the writers.
  — Josh St. Clair, Men's Health, 11 June 2022
• The next day, Joan is awakened in the middle of the night by gangsters looking for her boyfriend, Gary.
  — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 2 Oct. 2024
• Michael Jai White plays a gangster just long enough for Joker to kill Spawn.
  — Darren Franich, EW.com, 28 Feb. 2022
• Murda is the ticket out for his boys, the gangster with a future.
  — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2022
• Jagger was playing a rock star, James Fox was playing the gangster on the lam.
  — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 27 July 2023
• Her book reveals that the gangster died in a shootout in Barrington.
  — Myrna Petlicki, Chicago Tribune, 17 Nov. 2022
• The plot moves with the velocity of a gangster movie with a sneaky sense of humor.
  — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2024
• That’s more than the gangsters of Winter Hill ever did.
  — Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Mar. 2023
• When one of the players complained that Jan Deok-su and his gang took their food, the gangster beat him to death.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2021
• The use of guns in Hollywood films has a long tradition going back to the gangster movies of the 1930s.
  — Dan Romer, Quartz, 22 Oct. 2021
• Astrid Holleeder is the sister of a Dutch gangster, risking her life to bring him down.
  — Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2022
• Malik Sharif let out a big false laugh, like a gangster in the Bollywood movies.
  — Daniyal Mueenuddin, The New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2021
• The last man standing — the last OG (original gangster) rock 'n' roller.
  — Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2022
• Her gangster pals filled the morgues; her girls were commodities.
  — CBS News, 7 Nov. 2021
• By the end of that first hour, Mitch had been gunned down by a gangster who lacked the proper respect for the man’s position.
  — Noel Murray, Vulture, 2 June 2024
• After several years as a gangster, the law caught up with Wong.
  — Joshua Berlinger, CNN, 25 Dec. 2022
• Hoskins again, this time as an ex-con who’s hired by a gangster (Michael Caine) to be the driver and bodyguard of a high-class call girl (Cathy Tyson).
  — BostonGlobe.com, 28 Oct. 2021
• In his palace, the gangster proudly displays the one-time smuggler frozen in carbonite.
  — Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Mar. 2022
• Many of them were dressed as gangsters, in fedoras and suits with pocket squares.
  — Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 21 June 2024
• Now, nearly 75 years after the death of the gangster Al Capone, some of his most prized possessions are up for sale.
  — CBS News, 6 Oct. 2021
• The members of the group rebuked gangster rap and blew up on the hip-hop scene with a smooth, sophisticated sound.
  — Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2023
• Part of the teasing for the next season in the final episode seemed to be hinting at some sort of gangster, noir-esque storyline.
  — Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Oct. 2024
• Tyler takes aim at the masks people wear to hide from their true selves, evoking a middle-class gangster and a closeted religious zealot.
  — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Dec 2024