noun
Etymology
Origin of gangsterism
Example Sentences
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Karl managed to turn his life around and "from the age of 18 I began denouncing gangsterism and I was fortunate to get out".
From BBC • Jun. 26, 2023
Far from whitewashing the Saudi regime, Ignatius depicts the royal court as a cockpit of rage, corruption, and respectable gangsterism.
From Salon • Nov. 30, 2018
Individual rights have been infringed on, money has been wasted, and gangsterism has flourished, while failing to protect the health of athletes.
From Washington Post • Aug. 4, 2016
Like Malcolm X, he eventually saw them for what they were, hardline separatists whose ardour bordered on gangsterism, and he left, quietly, in 1975 to join the Sunni branch of Islam.
From The Guardian • Jun. 4, 2016
They represent six-shooter culture at its zenith—the wild and woolly side of the West—a stage between receding bowie knife individualism of the backwoods and blackguard, machine-gun gangsterism of the city.
From Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest, with a Few Observations by Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank)
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