button men

plural of button man

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Noun
  • Roman is later gunned down by Hasidic gangsters Lipa (Liev Schreiber) and Shmully (Vincent D’Onofrio), who take Hank hostage.
    Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Why couldn’t a child born into a family of gangsters from Newark, New Jersey, be Dante’s reincarnation?
    Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 28 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • However, hoodlums and thugs who throw objects at the players give up their rights and should be removed, charged, and possibly jailed.
    Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • In the 1970s, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre was famously funded by mobsters, leading to years of legal drama.
    Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Their investigation plunges them into the shadowy corners of New York and beyond—where the trio uncovers a dangerous web of secrets connecting powerful billionaires, old-school mobsters, and the mysterious residents of the Arconia.
    Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 1 Sep. 2025
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“Button men.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/button%20men. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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