consigliere
a member of a criminal organization or syndicate who serves as an adviser to the leader.
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How to use consigliere in a sentence
It seemed only a matter of time before the consulting firms would usurp agencies to become the consigliere to some of the largest advertisers.
Consultancy businesses tried to promise they’d upstage agencies — it hasn’t really worked like that | Seb Joseph | December 6, 2021 | DigidaySpecifically publishers are seeing an opportunity to play consigliere to clients as their new agencies get up to speed.
Media Briefing: How publishers with teen audiences are making their Instagram presences more inclusive | Tim Peterson | October 14, 2021 | DigidayThe Corleone family consigliere Tom Hagen suddenly materializes, and tells a shaken Geary that the incident will be taken care of.
Tim Cook’s Apple: Middling Products Designed to Pad the Bottom Line While Gouging Loyal Customers | Marlow Stern | June 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSam Bungey on why the media family needs a true consigliere.
Instead, what the family is getting is less Corleone consigliere, more Fredo Corleone rat.
News of the World shuttered, consigliere Les Hinton and the BSkyB deal over—can Rupert still prevail as he always has in the past?
Mr. Donilon had extensive experience in the State Department as top consigliere to Secretary of State Warren Christopher.
British Dictionary definitions for consigliere
/ (ˌkɒnsɪglɪˈɛərɪ) /
a trusted adviser, esp in a criminal organization
Origin of consigliere
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