cartel boss
Drug empire head
A cartel boss is the leader of a criminal organization, typically one involved in drug trafficking.
The term evokes Latin American drug cartels—powerful syndicates that control production and distribution networks: The cartel boss ordered the assassination of a rival.
In business contexts, cartel can refer to legal price-fixing arrangements, but cartel boss almost always implies organized crime.
- kingpinCriminal organization's leader
- drug lordCriminal trafficking organization leader
- narcoDrug trade figure
- drug tradeCommerce in illegal substances
- traffickerIllegal goods dealer
smuggler · cocaine · organized crime · syndicate · underworld · lieutenant · territory · turf · turf war · hitman · sicario · empire · ruthless · plaza · launder · money laundering · enforcer · hit squad
- Traffickingdrug trafficking, trafficking, trafficker, drug smuggling, smuggling
- criminalsmurderer, thief, burglar, criminal, killer
- organized crimemafia, mob, the mob, syndicate, crime syndicate
cartel bossstreet dealer
Sidewalk narcotics seller
corner boy · drug mule · runner · foot soldier · lookout
cartel bossDEA agent
Federal drug enforcement officer
federal prosecutor · police chief · FBI agent · border patrol agent · undercover cop
cartel bosshumanitarian
Helper of suffering people
addiction counselor · saint · community leader · philanthropist · social worker
cartel, boss, cartels, bosses, bossed, bossing, bossy, bossiness