Donnie Brasco
Donnie Brasco was the undercover alias of FBI agent Joseph Pistone, who infiltrated the Bonanno crime family in the 1970s and 80s.
The name became widely known through the 1997 film starring Johnny Depp.
Forget about it and other mob speech patterns entered popular culture through the movie.
The phrase Donnie Brasco sometimes refers to deep undercover work or infiltration: He went full Donnie Brasco on them.
- undercoverSecretly engaged in espionage
- deep coverProlonged covert infiltration
- FBIU.S. domestic intelligence agency
- mafiaCriminal organization using intimidation
- organized crimeStructured illegal enterprise
Pacino · Depp · mob · crime family · informant · gangster · infiltrate · true story · betrayal · loyalty · Brooklyn · 1970s · crime · hitman · family · trust · whacked · rat
Donnie Brascomade man
Initiated organized crime member
true believer · wiseguy · stand-up guy · company man · Henry Hill
Donnie BrascoJohn Gotti
mob boss · mafia don · Al Capone · Tony Soprano · capo