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Recent Examples of gangsta The Geto Boys used expletives and a lot of bravado, but the core of their message is that a ‘gangsta’ is unafraid to be themselves, and confident in their experience. Angela Andaloro, People.com, 9 May 2025 According to Shaw, this is exactly what happened when Tupac later moved to Los Angeles and fully embraced the elevated gangsta image. Jessica Bennett, VIBE.com, 18 Apr. 2025 Things just ain’t the same for Dre and Snoop, the gangsta-rap godfathers whose rule-breaking crassness and scandalous storytelling helped coax Time Warner to dump its piece of Interscope Records in 1995 under pressure from Senator Bob Dole. Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2024 The gangsta holy ghost really let him down this time. Charles Masson, TVLine, 25 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for gangsta
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Noun
  • But throwing out our precious rights and freedoms, and allowing masked, unidentified thugs to roam our streets detaining people at will is absolutely not the answer.
    Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 June 2025
  • In an empty warehouse somewhere, McKenna leaves Stabler alone with Vincent Mathis, Emery’s thug.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 12 June 2025
Noun
  • The all-star cast for the limited series includes Kevin Hart as Chicken Man, the organizer of the party, Taraji P. Henson as his right hand woman Vivian Thomas, Samuel L. Jackson as gangster Frank Moten, and Don Cheadle as J.D. Hudson, the cop trying to figure out who really orchestrated the crime.
    Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 20 June 2025
  • Creature With the Atom Brain sees a gangster force a German scientist to reanimate the dead with atomic radiation in order to pull off crimes (recalling both Frankenstein and The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, films that fit neatly alongside the zombie genre).
    Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 18 June 2025
Noun
  • According to his campaign website, some of his goals include increasing police presence, protecting undocumented immigrants but deporting violent criminals, taxing the rich, and eliminating waste.
    Emily Chang, ABC News, 24 June 2025
  • With the help of a charming and ethnically diverse array of loveable colleagues, Peralta brings down criminals in entirely bingeable 22-minute chunks.
    Maris Kreizman, Rolling Stone, 24 June 2025
Noun
  • Clayface is shape-shifting villain in the Batman comics and got his introduction as part of Detective Comics #40 in June 1940.
    Justin Kroll, Deadline, 17 June 2025
  • Welcome to the Post-Trust Era A social media app isn’t the villain.
    Ankush Chowdhary, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025

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“Gangsta.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gangsta. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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