blackhanders

Definition of blackhandersnext
plural of blackhander

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for blackhanders
Noun
  • In the film, the twins return from Chicago in the early 1930s, which inspired Carter to turn to photos of Chicago gangsters from the era.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Ryan Gosling plays an American expat in Bangkok who gets in over his head with some local gangsters.
    Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The mobsters turned the van around, pulled off the highway and dumped Gasso in a patch of poison ivy along the Connecticut River in Wethersfield.
    Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 12 Feb. 2026
  • Police officials at a news conference said the officers had collected personal and private information unlawfully and distributed it to organized crime figures, in some cases for bribes, and that mobsters then carried out shootings and other violent crimes.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • Aleah and Grasso end up saving Lizzie’s ass and capturing the hoodlums.
    Grace Byron, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2025
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“Blackhanders.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blackhanders. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.

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