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In gangland circles, women are casually murdered and mutilated, their killers operating with utter impunity.
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2026
Framing wise guys on murder charges for Whitey Bulger, looking the other way on a gangland hit by a BPD detective in Canton in 1976, the list of scandals is too great to even list them all.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 14 Jan. 2026
Police described the Oakland shooting as a gangland assassination, where three cars pulled up with four gunmen inside, who opened fire and killed 24-year-old Bert Brigham III.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2026
Described by Teixeira as a transvestite world gangland tale in the vein of Goodfellas, the film will shoot towards the end of the year.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 28 Nov. 2025
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2026
Framing wise guys on murder charges for Whitey Bulger, looking the other way on a gangland hit by a BPD detective in Canton in 1976, the list of scandals is too great to even list them all.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 14 Jan. 2026
Police described the Oakland shooting as a gangland assassination, where three cars pulled up with four gunmen inside, who opened fire and killed 24-year-old Bert Brigham III.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2026
Described by Teixeira as a transvestite world gangland tale in the vein of Goodfellas, the film will shoot towards the end of the year.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 28 Nov. 2025
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“Gangland.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gangland. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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gangland
noun
gang·land
ˈgaŋ-ˌland 
-lənd
: the world of organized crime
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