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How to pronounce kingpin in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms kingbolt, swivel pin
Type of bolt
Type Words
Synonyms bigwig, top banana
Type of important person, influential person, personage
Type Words
Synonyms headpin
Type of bowling pin, pin

Examples of kingpin

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A narco kingpin forcing a surgeon to alter his looks and help him evade the law?
From the latimes.com
Last I checked, your kingpin was losing national title games by four touchdowns.
From the omaha.com
Drug kingpin and convicted murderer Juan Raul Garza is scheduled to die June 19.
From the edition.cnn.com
Kingpin Bowling Darling Harbour has evening bowling for adults from $14 a game.
From the canberratimes.com.au
Yet another reputed crime kingpin, Meir Aberjil, recently showed his softer side.
From the dispatch.com
The team has to get a cocaine kingpin onto US soil, where he can be extradited.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Police are searching for the kingpin of the operation, who has fled, they said.
From the stltoday.com
Coronel is the second suspected drug kingpin slain by troops in the last year.
From the latimes.com
The market kingpin, KUSA, saw a huge ratings accumulation during the snowfall.
From the denverpost.com
The class kingpin, a fleshy character whom Padnos refers to as Slash, took charge.
From the theatlantic.com
Brooklyn police partners protect a witness set to testify against a Mafia kingpin.
From the post-gazette.com
His goatee recalls venal drug kingpin Fernando Rey's in The French Connection.
From the guardian.co.uk
Cocaine kingpin Pablo Escobar was once listed among the world's billionaires.
From the forbes.com
Nothing helps in recruiting the state of Texas more than beating the kingpin.
From the stltoday.com
The fortunes at OIA's previous kingpin, Delta Air Lines, were much different.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Gunfire erupted as security forces fought armed supporters of a drug kingpin.
From the boston.com
Instead, he was accused of money-laundering to help a Detroit drug kingpin.
From the freep.com
Stanford once was a high-flying billionaire and Caribbean cricket kingpin.
From the chron.com
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  • Kingpin is a 1996 slapstick comedy film, directed by the Farrelly brothers and starring Woody Harrelson, Randy Quaid, Vanessa Angel, and Bill Murray. It was filmed in and around Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as a stand-in for Scranton, Amish country and even Reno, Nevada.
  • Kingpin is an American crime drama television series which debuted on the NBC network in the U.S. and CTV in Canada on February 2, 2003 and lasted 6 episodes. ...