gangster

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His opponents, the Corsican mafiosos, are stuck in American gangster poses.

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  • A jewish russian gangster will be arrested, and allowed to 'escape' and flee to Israel. —  Infidel Bloggers Alliance
  • Humphrey Bogart, usually cast as a gangster or hardboiled detective, was never better than when he played the upright Governor Thomas E. Dewey at war with arch-criminal Lucky Luciano in the movie "Marked Woman." —  magic-city-news.com
  • "Blagojevich made what the hip-hoppers call a gangster move," Sharpton said. —  Newsvine - Get Smarter Here
  • A 17-year-old boy is dead at the hands of an illegal alien gangster, and the Chief of Police is worried about —  VDARE.com - Latest Articles
  • Mexico tells us about Dalong the good-looking gangster, and his 'little brother' who, while high on ketamine, shot his friend. —  PopMatters
 

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