mob boss

noun

: someone who controls part of an organized criminal group

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Redford snagged an Oscar nomination for the tale of two grifters trying to pull off an intricate scheme to stick it to a mob boss. Brian Truitt, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025 Redford and Newman star as Jimmy Hooker and Henry Gondorff, a pair of seasoned grifters out to con mob boss Doyle Lonnegan (Robert Shaw). Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025 But, at a time when the U.S. government is conducting foreign relations like a mob boss, his call has a new appeal. Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025 Isaac stars as both the middle ages poet Dante Alighieri and modern-day author Nick Tosches, the latter of which is drawn into a dangerous quest when a handwritten manuscript of The Divine Comedy resurfaces via the Vatican and lands in the hands of a New York mob boss. Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for mob boss

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“Mob boss.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mob%20boss. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.

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