noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a cowboy/gangster etc film
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John Wayne was best-known for his roles in cowboy films.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
movie
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For punks who like gangster movies there were hip-held automatics: skeleton-frame Sterlings, Uzis and Kalashnikovs.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
small-time crook/gangster etc
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The crows meanwhile have taken on another persona of small-time crooks.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And get away with it when the bigger gangsters take on each other.
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Any budding gangsters can also savour the Chicago nightlife.
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But big-city gangsters also play a part.
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If the rest of us can not beat the gangsters, we may well be tempted to join them.
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Kidnapping the officers, the gangsters fled.
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Not in the first half when the Cougars jumped on the Bears like gangsters on a patsy delinquent on his payments.
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There were no fractious sects and gangsters to challenge his authority.