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the mobster threatened to break his legs if he didn't pay up
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The luxurious desert oasis was reportedly built by mobsters and offers an adults-only policy, which is a true escape for parents needing a breather.
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Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2024
The Penguin, which brings back Colin Farrell’s Oz Cobb from that first movie, is similarly a Scarface story about a low-level gangster who takes advantage of a power vacuum in the criminal underworld after the Riddler offed his boss, mobster Carmine Falcone (John Turturro).
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 20 Sep. 2024
In Tuesday’s unsealed indictment, prosecutors allege that Combs violated the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act — a law known as RICO that’s often used to target mobsters and drug cartels.
—Bill Donahue, Billboard, 17 Sep. 2024
That includes comedian Bob Hope (d. 2003), who only made the list once; mobster Meyer Lansky (d. 1983); Steve Jobs (d. 2011); and shipping tycoon Daniel Ludwig (d. 1992), the richest person in America in 1982, worth $2 billion ($6.4 billion in today’s dollars).
—Sarah Young, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2024
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Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2024
The Penguin, which brings back Colin Farrell’s Oz Cobb from that first movie, is similarly a Scarface story about a low-level gangster who takes advantage of a power vacuum in the criminal underworld after the Riddler offed his boss, mobster Carmine Falcone (John Turturro).
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 20 Sep. 2024
In Tuesday’s unsealed indictment, prosecutors allege that Combs violated the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act — a law known as RICO that’s often used to target mobsters and drug cartels.
—Bill Donahue, Billboard, 17 Sep. 2024
That includes comedian Bob Hope (d. 2003), who only made the list once; mobster Meyer Lansky (d. 1983); Steve Jobs (d. 2011); and shipping tycoon Daniel Ludwig (d. 1992), the richest person in America in 1982, worth $2 billion ($6.4 billion in today’s dollars).
—Sarah Young, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2024
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“Mobster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mobster. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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mobster
noun
mob·ster
ˈmäb-stər 
: a member of a criminal gang
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