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This is a glossary of words related to the Mafia, primarily the Sicilian Mafia and Italian American Mafia. administration: the top-level "management" of an organized crime family -- the boss, underboss and consigliere. [1] associate: one who works with mobsters, but has not been asked to take the vow of Omertà; an almost confirmed, or made guy ...
In the 2018 book, The Good Mothers: The True Story of the Women Who Took on the World's Most Powerful Mafia, Alex Perry reports that the Calabrian 'Ndrangheta has, for the past decade, been replacing the Sicilian Cosa Nostra as the primary drug traffickers in North America. [17] Musitano crime family – a Calabrian mafia family, based in ...
St. Clair resisted the Mafia's interests for several years after Prohibition ended; she became a local legend for her public denunciations of corrupt police and for resisting Mafia control. [3] She ran a successful numbers game in Harlem and was an activist for the black community. Her nicknames included: Queenie, Madame Queen, Madame St. Clair ...
Licciardi was referred to as La Madrina ("The Godmother") by fellow Camorristi [2] and earned the nickname La Piccolina ("The Little Girl") early on in her criminal career, due to her diminutive height. [3] Among Camorra women she is known respectfully as La Principessa ("The Princess"), due to her good standing. [3]
American gangster Madeon: Hugo Pierre Leclercq French musician Madame Fraya: Valentine Dencausse French chiromancer Madame de Thèbes: Anne-Victorine Savigny / Matylda Průšová French (Savigny) / Czech (Průšová) fortunetellers Mahatma Gandhi: Mohandas Gandhi Indian independence activist Malaclypse the Younger: Gregory Hill
Here are 125 cute, sexy, and romantic nicknames for your boyfriend, fiancé, baby daddy, FWB—basically anyone you're getting romantic with.
Overlooking women is a mistake, and these women’s stories prove that. This is a lightly edited excerpt from the book "Narcas: The Secret Rise of Women in Latin America's Cartels" by Deborah Bonello.
"Red Phantom" – Alternate nickname of the Zodiac Killer. Unsolved "Red Ripper" – Andrei Chikatilo "Redneck Charles Manson" – Donald Henry Gaskins "Rest Area Killer" – Donald Leroy Evans "Rhein-Ruhr Ripper" – Frank Gust "Ripper Jayanandan" – K. P. Jayanandan "Rio Bravo Assassin" – Pedro Padilla Flores "River Man" – Thozamile Taki