Gambino

Notorious mob family

Gambino is an Italian surname, most famously associated with the Gambino crime family—one of the "Five Families" of the American Mafia based in New York City.

The name entered mainstream culture through the musician Donald Glover's stage name Childish Gambino: Have you heard the new Childish Gambino album?

crime-family

Cosa Nostra

Sicilian criminal organization

Five FamiliesMajor mob organizations
omertàCriminal vow of silence
underbossCriminal organization's deputy

John Gotti · consigliere · made man · boss · don · Genovese · Colombo · mobster · enforcer · hitman

artist

Donald Glover

AtlantaGeorgia's capital city
RedboneAmerican coonhound variety
This Is AmericaPhrase claiming national identity

Community · rapper · actor · musician · Grammy · creative · multitalented · Stone Mountain

surname

Italian

Of or from Rome's country

heritageInherited cultural legacy
ancestryFamily line of descent
genealogyStudy of family descent

family name · lineage · Sicilian · patronymic · cognomen · descent · clan · bloodline · relatives · descendants

Categories

Italian SurnamesRossi, Ferrari, Esposito, Romano, Colombo
Mafiamafia, Cosa Nostra, Sicilian Mafia, Five Families, Colombo
organized crimemafia, mob, the mob, syndicate, crime syndicate
Crime SyndicatesCosa Nostra, Five Families, Sicilian Mafia, Medellin Cartel, Irish Mob

Opposites

legality/criminality

GambinoFBI

U.S. domestic intelligence agency

law enforcement · police · federal agent · prosecutor · Department of Justice

organized crime rivalry

GambinoGenovese

Of or from Genoa

criminal vs. law-abiding citizen

Gambinocivilian

Non-military person

Phrases

Childish GambinoEntertainer's hip-hop alter ego

Family

Familiarity: Top 500,000
Profile: Mostly American · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG-13