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Examples of underboss
underboss
Salerno served as consigliere, underboss, and acting boss of the Genovese family.
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Megale's attorneys have maintained that he is not the underboss of the Gambino family.
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A capo is appointed by the boss and reports to him or the underboss.
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The son of a mob underboss tries to win his father's respect by collecting a half-million dollar payment.
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At the time of his stroke, Salerno was Genovese underboss.
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The underboss spilled the grim details.
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The underboss is usually appointed by the boss.
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The underboss often runs the day-to-day responsibilities of the family or oversees its most lucrative rackets.
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His son Charley is underboss and chief enforcer for the family, a geratic Brooklyn Mob headed by Corrado Prizzi, 84.
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- An assistant or second-in-command to a chief (especially in a crime syndicate)
- Capo Bastone or "Sotto Capo", known as the "Underboss" is second in command to the Capo Crimini. It is a rank in the American and Italian Mafia. The Underboss is sometimes a family member, such as a son, who will take over the family if the don is sick, killed, or sent to prison. ...
- Underboss (ISBN 978-0-06-109664-8) is a biographical book based on the life of Sammy "The Bull" Gravano. The book goes though Gravano's early life up to 1997, which does not cover his re-arrest. The book's author is Peter Maas, who also wrote the book The Valachi Papers. ...
- An assistant to the boss of a crime family
- Second in command of a borgata. The underboss is often selected because he represents a powerful minority wing in the family.
