as in thug
a violent, brutal person who is often a member of an organized gang
the loan shark sent a couple of gorillas to "convince" him to pay up
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Recent Examples of gorilla
The popularity of gorilla and chimp ecotourism is growing quickly.
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Alexandra Owens, Robb Report, 23 Jan. 2025
Or consider the tutu-wearing gorilla who likes to swing her tools there, from time to time.
—Maya Silver, Outside Online, 11 Jan. 2025
The five-month-old gorilla was discovered in a crate on a flight from Nigeria and was destined for Bangkok, Thailand.
—Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 2025
In October 2022, Bell Limbrick informed Bohn that fans outside of the Coliseum had put a jersey of Trojans wide receiver Mario Williams on a gorilla and the image had appeared on the game’s broadcast.
—Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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Alexandra Owens, Robb Report, 23 Jan. 2025
Or consider the tutu-wearing gorilla who likes to swing her tools there, from time to time.
—Maya Silver, Outside Online, 11 Jan. 2025
The five-month-old gorilla was discovered in a crate on a flight from Nigeria and was destined for Bangkok, Thailand.
—Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 2025
In October 2022, Bell Limbrick informed Bohn that fans outside of the Coliseum had put a jersey of Trojans wide receiver Mario Williams on a gorilla and the image had appeared on the game’s broadcast.
—Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gorilla
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The 20th-century Yellowstone Dutton Ranch is under siege from a greedy developer (James Bond star Timothy Dalton) and his thugs in the new season.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA TODAY,
24 Feb. 2025
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But authorities now believe the most heinous acts were the handiwork of a one-time nursing student from Puerto Rico who evolved over a decade from teenage burglar to drug trafficker to rampaging thug.—
Martin E. Comas,
Orlando Sentinel,
30 Jan. 2025
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There are spells, curses, vendettas, a twist villain, giant dragons who turn into humanoid warriors and many other creatures populating the world of this gargantuan feat of eye-popping computer animation.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
2 Mar. 2025
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Hackman was among the most accomplished actors of his generation, appearing as villains, heroes and antiheroes in dozens of dramas, comedies and action films from the 1960s until his retirement in the early 2000s.—
SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN,
arkansasonline.com,
2 Mar. 2025
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With Kelby Collins coming in as a transfer, there’s enough depth at bandit for Latham to spend more time at wolf.—
Kennington Smith III,
The Athletic,
26 Feb. 2025
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Try to distract the bandits one at a time until everyone but Casper is left.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025
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In her ethnographic study of Jamaican gangs, Jaffe argues against seeing the neighborhood strongmen—or dons—as primarily violent, exploitative gangsters.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025
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Lives are literally on the line in Vivian Qu’s genre hybrid Girls on Wire, a surprisingly gritty study of people left behind or living in the margins that fuses gangster realism with social drama and leavens both with a dash of unexpected humor.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
18 Feb. 2025
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Production is set to begin in coming months on the movie about a horticulturalist who moonlights as an assassin.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
26 Feb. 2025
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Twice in this story, Nadia describes her desire to become an assassin—not a killer for hire but someone who kills bad guys pro bono.—
Willing Davidson,
The New Yorker,
23 Feb. 2025
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Only criminal hacking is a crime, and not all hackers are criminals.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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Officers says there are many reasons people use fake plates: criminals hoping to avoid being tracked by law enforcement, evading fines on toll roads, or people trying to find a way to drive without a driver’s license or insurance.—
Briah Lumpkins,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Mar. 2025
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The float that received one of the bigger reactions was a wooden pirate ship built on a RV chassis.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Mar. 2025
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Underneath the pirate is a shadowing within the bolt of a floral motif pattern inspired by the tiles at the Columbia Restaurant.—
Eduardo A. Encina,
Orlando Sentinel,
3 Mar. 2025
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It's got a Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 chip under the hood, plenty of RAM and storage, and a sizable 6,000mAh battery.—
Eric Zeman,
PCMAG,
7 Mar. 2025
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Since 2020, only one case of abandonment, in which a premature infant was left on the hood of a car in Mansfield and survived, was captured after multiple revisions of OCA data, Ghio said.—
Laura Tillman,
Hartford Courant,
1 Mar. 2025
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“Gorilla.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gorilla. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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