mob boss

noun

: someone who controls part of an organized criminal group

Examples of mob boss in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The series stars Sylvester Stallone as a former mob boss who builds a new crime empire in Oklahoma. James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 June 2024 In the comedy, De Niro plays Paul Vitti, a mob boss who suffers a panic attack and reluctantly seeks the help of psychiatrist Ben Sobel (Crystal). Eric Andersson, Peoplemag, 16 June 2024 Notably, the indictment portrays Thug as something of a mob boss. Zoe Guy, Vulture, 11 June 2024 Andiamo:Italian restaurant in Bloomfield Twp. has new menu item named for Jimmy Hoffa June 2013: Field in Oakland Township, Michigan A tip from the son of a former Detroit mob boss prompted the FBI to search a field in Oakland Township. John Wisely, Detroit Free Press, 27 May 2024 Criminalized states put the usual repertoire of a mob boss, such as demands for protection money, overt intimidation, and back-street beatings, to political ends: silencing opponents, cowing critics, enforcing complicity, enriching allies, and buying political support internally and externally. Moisés Naím, Foreign Affairs, 22 Feb. 2022 The attack took place just hours after the Boston mob boss was transferred to the United States Penitentiary Hazelton in Bruceton Mills, W.Va. Becca Longmire, Peoplemag, 14 May 2024 Set in Las Vegas in 1976, Armageddon Road follows a hapless ex-con hired by a mob boss to chauffeur his girlfriend for an evening, only to find his passenger dies of a cocaine overdose. Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 May 2024 Travolta, now 70, and Jackson, now 75, starred as two enforcers working for mob boss Marsellus Wallace (Ving Rhames); Thurman costars as Marsellus' wife Mia. Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 19 Apr. 2024

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“Mob boss.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mob%20boss. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.

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