kingpins of the movie industry
a police sting that nabbed several kingpins of the city's drug trade
Recent Examples on the WebFrom 2006-2011 agents in Arizona stood down as straw purchasers illegally bought 2,000 guns at shops, intending to use the information to track trafficking patterns and arrest the kingpins.—Nick Penzenstadler, USA TODAY, 22 May 2024 Making calories the kingpin also helped lead to the low-fat-diet movement, which Fung and other experts blame for ushering in our current age of obesity.—Michelle Stacey, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for kingpin
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