underboss

noun

underboss

noun

Etymology From under- + boss, calque from Italian sotto capo.

1

An assistant to the boss of a crime family

An alleged "underboss" of the Bonanno family, Carmine Galante, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison […]1965 January 6, Peter Kihss, “1,500 in 5 Crime 'Families' Identified”, in New York Times:

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