crime bosses
Underworld power holders
Crime bosses is the plural of crime boss, the leader of a criminal organization—typically one involved in organized crime like the Mafia, drug cartels, or street gangs.
The term implies someone who commands underlings, controls territory, and profits from illegal enterprises: The crime bosses of Chicago divided the city among themselves.
Also called kingpins or mob bosses.
- mobsterOrganized crime member
- capoString-shortening clamp device
- consigliereMafia boss's trusted counselor
- racketeerOrganized crime participant
- protection racketExtortion through intimidation
enforcer · hit man · kingpin · underboss · RICO · intimidation · concrete shoes · bribery · mafia · don · bootlegger · Cosa Nostra · loan shark · territorial control · turf war · arms dealer · extortionist · feared
- crime historytrial records, criminal records, Al Capone, Bonnie and Clyde, Jack the Ripper
- organized crimemafia, mob, the mob, syndicate, syndicates
- Prohibition EraProhibition, bootleggers, bootlegging, bootlegger, speakeasies
- troublemakerstroublemaker, rascals, delinquents, imps, brats
- smugglingcontraband, smugglers, human smuggling, smuggling rings, people smuggling
crime bossesCEOs
Highest corporate officers
corporate executives · philanthropists · civic leaders · community leaders · captains of industry
crime bossesfoot soldiers
Ground-based military fighters
petty criminals · henchmen · drug mules · enforcers · errand boys
crime bossespolice chiefs
Law enforcement department heads
prosecutors · district attorneys · crime fighters · federal agents · attorneys general