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  2. Glossary of Mafia-related words - Wikipedia

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    mob, the: a single organized crime family; or all organized crime families together. mobbed up: connected to the mob. mobster: one who is in the mob. oath: becoming inducted as a made man. Omertà: to take a vow of silence in the Mafia, punishable by death if not upheld. one-way ride or taking someone for a ride: underworld for an execution method

  3. Gangster - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 7 December 2024. Member of a criminal gang This article is about members of a gang or criminal organization. For other uses, see Gangster (disambiguation). "Mobsters" redirects here. For the film, see Mobsters (film). For the TV series, see Mobsters (TV series). A gangster is a criminal who is a member ...

  4. Racketeering - Wikipedia

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    Racketeering is a type of organized crime in which the perpetrators set up a coercive, fraudulent, extortionary, or otherwise illegal coordinated scheme or operation (a "racket") to repeatedly or consistently collect a profit. [1]

  5. Crime boss - Wikipedia

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    Structure of Mafia crime family. The boss in the Sicilian and Italian-American Mafia is the head of the crime family and the top decision maker. Only the boss can initiate an associate into the family, however, the boss can give permission to an underboss, consigliere or a captain, allowing them to become a made man. The boss can promote or ...

  6. List of police-related slang terms - Wikipedia

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    It is also used in anti-authority punk, goth, metalhead, biker, mobster and hip-hop circles. Oz magazine showed a picture of a pig dressed as a policeman on a front cover [53] and the term inspired "pig cops" in the video game Duke Nukem 3D. Pig Pen Cop shop, i.e., police station. Pinched To be arrested (American slang). Pikachu

  7. Made man - Wikipedia

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    Structure of a Mafia crime family. In the American and Sicilian Mafia, a made man is a fully initiated member of the Mafia. To become "made", an associate first must be Italian or of Italian descent and sponsored by another made man. An inductee will be required to take the oath of omertà, the Mafia code of silence and code of honor.

  8. Extortion - Wikipedia

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    Exaction refers not only to extortion or the demanding and obtaining of something through force, [2] [better source needed] but additionally, in its formal definition, means the infliction of something such as pain and suffering or making somebody endure something unpleasant. [3] [better source needed]

  9. Mob - Wikipedia

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    Mob, a family group, clan group or wider Aboriginal community group in Australian Aboriginal English; Mob, collective noun for a group of macropods; Mob (slamball team), a SlamBall team based in Chicago; Mob (video games), a term for non-player characters; Shigeo Kageyama, nicknamed "Mob", protagonist of the manga and anime Mob Psycho 100