gallows bird

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Noun
  • Of course, everyone has their own favorite Bond villain.
    EW.com, EW.com, 24 May 2025
  • But the new villain is smarter than the IMF assumed, and the mission has disastrous results.
    Keith Langston, People.com, 24 May 2025
Noun
  • In reality, Phil was more interested in calling all of us sinners to forge a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
    Chad de Guzman, Time, 26 May 2025
  • His tenure was short-lived, however: within a year, he was declared a sinner and imprisoned by another Acholi prophet: Joseph Kony.
    Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 17 May 2025
Noun
  • In the early days of the Trump Administration, Kirk’s case was pursued in a rhetorical climate of law and order in which wrongdoers would be held accountable.
    Mike Fox, Oc Register, 12 May 2025
  • Harmonies abound as Elliott and Aaliyah take turns bemoaning the wrongdoer, culminating in a double-time shakedown from Da Brat. 52.
    Steven J. Horowitz, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The prejudiced perp took off on foot in an unknown direction.
    Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 26 Apr. 2025
  • Authorities have had no luck finding the perps in the village of Oak Park, Illinois, officials said Tuesday, and are asking for the public’s help.
    Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 30 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Locomotive, which is currently in Cannes with pics such as gangster comedy Café 404 and Richard Strauss’ Deadline, has also secured deals for In the Fire of War with unnamed buyers in the likes of Poland and Germany.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 14 May 2025
  • Vogue: Both are genre shows, which is sort of interesting for you: a Western and a gangster series...
    Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 12 May 2025
Noun
  • Netflix Inc—stock up 33% Lilyhammer, the story of a New York mobster relocating to Norway, was Netflix’s first original.
    Christian Stadler, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
  • The series parodies the tropes of mobster dramas, comically combining elements of characters like Yogi Bear with series like The Sopranos.
    Denise Petski, Deadline, 8 May 2025
Noun
  • That theft is believed to have led to the brazen kidnapping in suburban Connecticut of the parents of one of Lam’s alleged co-conspirators by a crew of thugs from Florida who prosecutors say planned to hold the parents for ransom from their newly rich son.
    Dan Mangan, CNBC, 15 May 2025
  • Their reckless, soft-on-crime policies emboldened criminals and thugs; wreaked havoc on the sanctity of our homes, businesses, and public spaces; instilled fear; and jeopardized public trust.
    Jenna deJong, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
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“Gallows bird.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gallows%20bird. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.

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