underboss
Mob second-in-command
An underboss is the second-in-command in a criminal organization, particularly the Mafia.
The underboss handles day-to-day operations and stands to inherit leadership if the boss dies or is imprisoned: The underboss ran the family's gambling operations.
The term extends to any deputy in a hierarchical organization, usually with criminal or unsavory connotations.
Mafia boss's trusted counselor
- capoString-shortening clamp device
- godfatherMale baptismal guardian
- donPut on attire
- mobsterOrganized crime member
gangster · syndicate · crime family · made man · soldier · associate · wiseguy · outfit
Conducting illegal business schemes
- extortionObtaining through threats
- protection racketExtortion through intimidation
- loan sharkingIllegal lending at excessive interest
- money launderingDisguising criminal proceeds' origins
drug trafficking · smuggling · hitman · enforcer · contract · gambling · fencing · kickbacks
Power to enforce obedience
- controlAuthority to direct
- influencePower to affect others
- commandAuthoritative instruction given
- dominanceSuperior influence over others
clout · leverage · oversight · territory · respect · fear · loyalty · enforcement
Immediate subordinate to leader
- lieutenantJunior commissioned officer
- right-handOpposite of left
- captainOne who commands
- chain of commandFormal authority hierarchy
rank · succession · promotion · administration · regime · structure · pecking order · seniority
consigliere
Mafia boss's trusted counselor
mobster · gangster · syndicate · crime family · made man · soldier · associate · wiseguy · outfit · omertà
racketeering
Conducting illegal business schemes
- extortionObtaining through threats
- protection racketExtortion through intimidation
- loan sharkingIllegal lending at excessive interest
money laundering · drug trafficking · smuggling · hitman · enforcer · contract · gambling · fencing · kickbacks · shakedown
authority
Power to enforce obedience
dominance · clout · leverage · oversight · territory · respect · fear · loyalty · enforcement · muscle
second-in-command
Immediate subordinate to leader
- lieutenantJunior commissioned officer
- right-handOpposite of left
- captainOne who commands
chain of command · rank · succession · promotion · administration · regime · structure · pecking order · seniority · inner circle
- Mafiamafia, Cosa Nostra, Sicilian Mafia, Five Families, Colombo
- organized crimemafia, mob, the mob, syndicate, crime syndicate
- underworld slangsnitch, rat out, hitman, capo, consigliere
- Traffickingdrug trafficking, trafficking, trafficker, drug smuggling, smuggling
- Yakuzayakuza, full body tattoo, sworn brotherhood, syndicate, crime family
- bossesbossman, manager, supervisor, foreman, overseer
underbossboss
Workplace superior
kingpin · don · godfather · crime boss · mob boss
underbosssupreme leader
Highest-ranking authoritarian figure
number one · top brass · commander-in-chief · chairman · overlord
underbossdeputy director
Organization's number two
vice president · chief operating officer · second-in-command · executive vice president · lieutenant