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Recent Examples of button man
Best button man in the biz.
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Craig Thomas, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2021
Craig Thomas, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for button man
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The bag has lots of money in it, the stranger is a violent gangster and Mady is soon on the run himself with a whole gang of bad guys after him.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
18 Jan. 2025
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The selection continues its genre focus with the Norwegian body horror The Ugly Stepsister, Turkish political thriller Confidante, and Taiwanese gangster narrative Silent Sparks.—
Scott Roxborough,
The Hollywood Reporter,
16 Jan. 2025
Noun
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However, their dreams are threatened by the hoodlums in the Riverbottom Gang.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
30 Nov. 2024
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While Muhammad Ali made his professional boxing comeback with a win against Jerry Quarry at Atlanta’s Municipal Auditorium on October 26, 1970, a group of hoodlums robbed the Black Mafia of more than $1 million in cash and jewelry at a nearby after-party.—
Bill Desowitz,
IndieWire,
6 Sep. 2024
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Naomi Watts had her Hollywood breakthrough as an aspiring actress in LA who befriends a woman (Laura Elena Harring) suffering from amnesia after a car accident, and the two come on the radar of a smarmy film director (Justin Theroux) who's being threatened by mobsters.—
Brian Truitt,
USA TODAY,
16 Jan. 2025
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As The National Museum of Organized Crime & Law Enforcement wrote in a 2022 article concerning the movie's development, mobsters Genovese and Costello worked for the Luciano crime family.—
Tommy McArdle,
People.com,
14 Jan. 2025
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Using his powers, Stanley must save his love interest Tina Carlyle (Diaz) from mafioso Dorian Tyrell (Peter Greene) while evading law enforcement.—
Virginia Chamlee,
People.com,
17 Jan. 2025
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Dissidents are born out of this choice: either assert their authentic selves or accept the authoritarian’s mafioso bargain, safety and protection in exchange for keeping one’s head down.—
Gal Beckerman,
The Atlantic,
13 Dec. 2024
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“Button man.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/button%20man. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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