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Cosa Nostra (Our thing): mob term for the family or Mafia crank: speed; in particular, crystal meth. crew: the group of soldiers under the capo's command. cugine: a young soldier striving to be made. don: the head of the family; see boss. earner: a member who brings in much money for the family. eat alone: to keep for oneself; to be greedy.
The underboss is second in command to the boss. The underboss is also person-in-charge of all capos and its soldiers. The underboss is sometimes a family member, such as a son, who will take over the family if the boss is sick, killed, or imprisoned. However the position of street boss has somewhat challenged the rank of underboss in the modern ...
In general, the term indicates the head of a branch of an organized crime syndicate who commands a crew of soldiers and reports directly to the don or an underboss or street boss. The shortened version " capo " has also been used to refer to certain high-ranking members of Latin American drug cartels .
As a result of the Apalachin meeting, the membership books to become a made man in the mob were closed in 1957 and were not reopened until 1976. [6] The first known account of the ritual in the United States was provided in 1963 by Joe Valachi , who was initiated in 1930, [ 3 ] in his testimony at the McClellan hearings . [ 7 ]
This list is arranged alphabetically by last name, and broken into categories by year that an individual is believed to have assumed leadership of a criminal organization See also: List of mobsters by city
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