gangster and the like

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Why are these movies popular?Maybe like the character in Goodfellas a part of everyone has always wanted to be a gangster; to live outside the law, to be feared and respected.
這類影片爲什麽能流行起來呢?也許就像《好家夥》中的那個角色一樣，每個人內心中都有一個想要成爲黑幫分子的想法；
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When the rule of law is non-existent and the Kremlin often acts like a gangster, it falls to business leaders to work out the rules and abide by them.
ECONOMIST: Business in Russia
"Lil Eazy-E" grew up in the same Compton house as his father, joined the same Crips gang and even makes gangster rap like his father did.
NPR: Terror, Hope on the Streets of Compton, Part 2
The authoritative statements of the Thames Valley police (who, if I recall correctly from my time spent living in Oxford, seem to be a pretty nice and reasonably competent group of people) ought to outweigh the baseless speculation of people who hang around a notorious thug and gangster like Boris Beresovsky.
FORBES: There Still Isn't Any Evidence That Boris Berezovsky Was Murdered, But Luke Harding Wants You To Think There Is!