capo

Her father was reputedly a capo in the Bonanno crime family.

Reprinted courtesy of Da Capo Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group.

Treviño Morales had washed the cars of a drug capo known as El Caris.

Zerilli reportedly held the rank as capo, or captain, when he came out, though he is said by some to have served as underboss.

Today the target is hedge funds, and Steve Cohen is the capo di capo.

Miaulis has blown up his fleet rather than obey Capo d'Istria.

"Of Guy—the founder—and of the Crusades; it is a tale a maid may hear," the Capo responded grimly.

"The time of a Venetian is his best gift to the State," the Capo made answer icily.

There was a pause during which the unwilling Secretary felt the eyes of the Capo upon him, forcing him to lift his own.

Whoever the capo maestra that Rizzi worked for, he was not only a deep-dyed villain, but a brainy one.