Al Capone
Al Capone was an American gangster who became the most notorious crime boss of the Prohibition era, running bootlegging, gambling, and prostitution operations in Chicago during the 1920s.
His name has become synonymous with organized crime and the lawlessness of that period.
Capone was eventually imprisoned not for his violent crimes but for tax evasion.
References to Al Capone typically evoke images of gangster culture, pinstripe suits, and Prohibition-era corruption.
Organized crime member
- bossWorkplace superior
- kingpinCriminal organization's leader
- ScarfaceCriminal's disfigurement-based nickname
- racketeerOrganized crime participant
hitman · enforcer · henchman · gunman · thug · hoodlum · underworld · gang war
Sicilian criminal organization
- omertàCriminal vow of silence
- bossWorkplace superior
- underbossCriminal organization's deputy
- consigliereMafia boss's trusted counselor
capo · made man · family · Machine Gun Kelly · syndicate · organized crime · territory · turf war
Illegal alcohol production/sale
- speakeasyIllicit liquor establishment
- 18th AmendmentConstitutional liquor ban
- rum-runningIllicit alcohol trafficking
- bathtub ginAmateur-made illegal liquor
moonshine · contraband · smuggling · repeal · 21st Amendment · Roaring Twenties · temperance · dry laws
City's lower district
- CiceroAncient Rome's greatest speaker
- Cook CountyIllinois county containing Chicago
- Tommy gun.45 caliber submachine gun
- speakeasyIllicit liquor establishment
bootlegging · corruption · bribery · political machine · racketeering · prostitution · gambling · nightclub
Illegally avoiding government dues
- Eliot NessProhibition-era federal agent
- federal investigationOfficial government criminal inquiry
- IRSFederal tax collector
- indictmentFormal charge from jury
trial · conviction · Alcatraz · prison · sentence · syphilis · parole · Palm Island
mobster
Organized crime member
- bossWorkplace superior
- kingpinCriminal organization's leader
- ScarfaceCriminal's disfigurement-based nickname
racketeer · hitman · enforcer · henchman · gunman · thug · hoodlum · underworld · gang war · Tommy gun
Cosa Nostra
Sicilian criminal organization
consigliere · capo · made man · family · Machine Gun Kelly · syndicate · organized crime · territory · turf war · initiation
bootlegging
Illegal alcohol production/sale
- speakeasyIllicit liquor establishment
- 18th AmendmentConstitutional liquor ban
- rum-runningIllicit alcohol trafficking
bathtub gin · moonshine · contraband · smuggling · repeal · 21st Amendment · Roaring Twenties · temperance · dry laws · whiskey
South Side
City's lower district
- CiceroAncient Rome's greatest speaker
- Cook CountyIllinois county containing Chicago
- Tommy gun.45 caliber submachine gun
speakeasy · bootlegging · corruption · bribery · political machine · racketeering · prostitution · gambling · nightclub · jazz age
tax evasion
Illegally avoiding government dues
- Eliot NessProhibition-era federal agent
- federal investigationOfficial government criminal inquiry
- IRSFederal tax collector
indictment · trial · conviction · Alcatraz · prison · sentence · syphilis · parole · Palm Island · Miami
- 1920s IconsBabe Ruth, Charlie Chaplin, Charles Lindbergh, Duke Ellington, F. Scott Fitzgerald
- 1930s FiguresFDR, Franklin Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, Herbert Hoover, Babe Ruth
- Famous AlsAl Gore, Al Roker, Al Pacino, Al Franken, Al Green
- Illinois historyAbraham Lincoln, Chicago, Springfield, Chicago Fire, Great Chicago Fire
- controversial figuresdictator, tyrant, demagogue, extremist, war criminal
- Prohibition EraProhibition, bootleggers, bootlegging, bootlegger, speakeasies
Al CaponeEliot Ness
Prohibition-era federal agent
J. Edgar Hoover · FBI agent · prosecutor · district attorney · lawman
Al CaponeMother Teresa
Canonized Albanian missionary
saint · humanitarian · philanthropist · Mahatma Gandhi · Abraham Lincoln
Al CaponeMartin Luther King Jr.
Mahatma Gandhi · pacifist · peace activist · peacemaker · conscientious objector