Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blackhander
Noun
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The gangster drama began airing on BBC Two in the UK in 2013, and debuted on Netflix a year later.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
19 Feb. 2026 -
The sequel finds the notorious gangster back in Birmingham in 1940, racing to save his son.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 Feb. 2026
Noun
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With its mobster past, supposed ghosts and rumored stash of $300 million, the Paragon is catnip to the Creepers, a surefire way to increase their fanbase.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
17 Feb. 2026
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On her 18th birthday, Aria’s Chicago mobster father tells her that she’s expected to marry Luca, the vicious heir to a rival New York City gang.—
Lauren Wilson,
NBC news,
13 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The builders’ alternating harassment and bribery leaves Cook with little recourse, especially when mafioso-like representatives begin dropping by at all hours, leading to dry exchanges — what little dialogue the film has is extremely funny.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
19 Feb. 2026
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According to a personal spokesperson, the erstwhile PayPal mafioso sold certain investments—Amazon, Meta, Elon Musk’s xAI—to take on his unpaid role.—
Andrew Nusca,
Fortune,
1 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Best button man in the biz.—
Craig Thomas,
The New Yorker,
9 Mar. 2021
Noun
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The first pictures McCullin took were of hoodlums and down-and-outs, subjects that reflected his own hardscrabble background.—
Andrew Pulver,
Air Mail,
31 Jan. 2026
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But as Duterte’s father, Vicente, had increasingly gravitated toward Malacañang, his son hung out with the family bodyguards—and crafted the persona of a rough-talking bugoy, or hoodlum, in his native Bisayan tongue.—
Sean Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
Noun
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In Season 2, eager to take on another big undercover case, Charles Nieuwendyk (Danson) gets his chance when a mysterious blackmailer targets Wheeler College president Jack Berenger (Max Greenfield), who enlists Charles to go undercover as a professor.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
3 Feb. 2026
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Although the threat of death was everywhere in this show, the list of actual deaths is relatively short and the majority had to do with the anonymous blackmailer and the secrets and lies built around Alison’s fake death.—
Catherine Mhloyi,
Them.,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Blackhander.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blackhander. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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