gangbangers

plural of gangbanger

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of gangbangers Murdered within about six months of each other at the height of their fame in the 1990s, their deaths spawned conspiracy theories of hitmen, coverups and cops on gangbangers’ payrolls. Veronica Bravo, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2025 This is quite the new phenomenon for all the gangbangers, fentanyl dealers, girlfriend-beaters, drunk drivers and pedophiles — going to church. Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 17 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gangbangers
Noun
  • Their neighbor, an older Jewish woman, gets arrested and Nazi thugs brazenly loot her apartment.
    Rabih Alameddine September 2, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025
  • As night falls, armed thugs roam the streets and families pick up guns to protect themselves.
    Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Our research suggests that the vast majority of Republican voters want to close loopholes that allow criminals and dangerous people to get their hands on guns.
    Gabby Giffords, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The days of letting dangerous criminals terrorize American citizens are over.
    Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • There’s also a tropical storm circulating, as if the gangsters flew in from the tropics.
    John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Others are new, building on a genuinely fresh and funny revelation that explains not only a cold open involving yakuza gangsters half a world away in Osaka, but also why this quaint town is sitting on a stash of weaponry big enough to overthrow the governments of several small nations.
    Katie Rife, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Over $200 Off NFL Sunday Ticket NFL fans can make out like bandits with the DraftKings Sportsbook welcome offer.
    Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern were cast as the bumbling but dogged bandits, Harry and Marv, and Catherine O’Hara brought humor and compassion to the part of Kevin’s mother.
    Tim Greiving, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Plana played one of the two main villains in Three Amigos.
    Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2025
  • There are true and proper villains (Mordred, Morgan Le Fay).
    Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The plane is filled with assassins assigned to kill them both.
    Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The two Kill Bill films, while still about crime and criminals and ninja assassins, set themselves apart from his earlier works.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025

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“Gangbangers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gangbangers. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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