Look up: underboss

1. underboss
   noun an assistant or second-in-command to a chief (especially in a crime syndicate)
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2. underboss
   (from the article `Mafia`) ...a commission whose main function was judicial. At the head of each family was a `boss,` or `don,` whose authority could be challenged only by the ...
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3. Underboss
   `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 se...
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4. Underboss
   (book) `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 ...
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