cement shoes
Gangster murder method
Cement shoes are a method of execution or body disposal associated with organized crime—encasing a victim's feet in concrete and dropping them into deep water to drown and sink.
The image appears frequently in mob movies and fiction, making it shorthand for gangster violence: Cross the boss and you'll end up wearing cement shoes.
Whether the method was ever actually common is debatable, but it persists as a cultural symbol of underworld justice.
- mobDisorderly, aggressive crowd
- mafiaCriminal organization using intimidation
- crime bossLeader of criminal organization
- gangsterCriminal organization member
- concreteSolid building mixture
disposal · sleeping with the fishes · deep six · river bottom · weights · swim lesson · weighted down · inevitability · overcoat · execution · doom · immobilization · homicide · vendetta · fear · intimidation · underworld · disappearance
- underworld slangsnitch, rat out, hitman, capo, consigliere
- Mafiamafia, Cosa Nostra, Sicilian Mafia, Five Families, Colombo
- organized crimemafia, mob, the mob, syndicate, crime syndicate
cement shoeslifeline
Essential connection to safety
get-out-of-jail-free card · reprieve · stay of execution · witness protection · second chance
cement shoeswings
Limbs for flight
flotation device · life jacket · life preserver · running shoes · freedom
cement shoesprotection
Guarding against harm
immunity · amnesty · safe passage · blessing
cement, shoes, cements, cemented, cementing, shoe, shoed, shoeing