gunsel

slang

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Recent Examples of gunsel Generally, Complaining About The Cost is the first page of the playbook for politicians under investigation by special counsels, and for their gunsels and mouthpieces as well. Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 5 Dec. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gunsel
Noun
  • In a police photograph, Lansky stood next to racketeer Charles (Lucky) Luciano.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2025
  • In the other corner: Vito Genovese, Costello’s childhood friend and fellow racketeer, who had to leave town long ago because of a thing, and has now come home to resume his place in the Mafia hierarchy.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • In those times, young people who self-described as gangsters fought for territory, and one of their subversive acts was to tag the walls of the city with the verses of cumbia songs.
    Karla Gachet, NPR, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The gangster drama began airing on BBC Two in the UK in 2013, and debuted on Netflix a year later.
    Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The illusion of Jake’s seemingly idyllic life is shattered by the return of his chaotic older brother Vince (Jason Bateman), who had fled the state years earlier to avoid repaying a hefty debt to menacing mobster Joe Mancuso (Troy Kotsur).
    Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2025
  • The police chief is in bed with mobsters.
    Zephyr Teachout, The Atlantic, 22 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Aleah and Grasso end up saving Lizzie’s ass and capturing the hoodlums.
    Grace Byron, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Whereas the Star Wars sequels woefully misused the actor's talents, this movie puts them center stage, playing one of the teen hoodlums who join forces with their victim to fight off nasty, otherworldly invaders.
    Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Girls were there and there were guys that were really extra on some thug, some goon sh*t.
    Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 29 Sep. 2025
  • We’re then introduced to Louie, a thug who works for a loan shark, threatening and killing people.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • He was charged with a gun crime in connection with an anti-KKK riot in Durham, North Carolina.
    Peter D'Abrosca, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2025
  • According to the complaint, Cullen matched the description of the person firing the gun, and he was taken into custody.
    Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Three people, including a 65-year-old man, were hospitalized early Saturday after a teen triggerman blasted away at a rival in Times Square, officials said.
    Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 9 Aug. 2025
  • The triggerman is a 13-year-old orphan named Lucas Hollister (Patrick Scott McDermott, making the most of this grim opportunity), whose younger brother depends on him to protect their late parents’ Wyoming ranch from wolves and other predators.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 2 May 2025
Noun
  • Currently, Wiig is in her villain era.
    Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
  • With Ka-young’s help, Iblis is able to destroy the Flower of Eternal Life, which had allowed Khalid to live forever (at least until this point), and the villain fades to dust.
    Kayti Burt, Time, 3 Oct. 2025

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“Gunsel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gunsel. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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