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kingpins of the movie industry
a police sting that nabbed several kingpins of the city's drug trade
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The son of a former Colombian paramilitary drug-cartel kingpin was sentenced Friday in San Diego federal court to four years and three months in prison for an international cocaine trafficking conspiracy.
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Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2025
Leo plays a hot-shot CIA operative trying to track a shadowy terrorist kingpin through Iraq and Jordan.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
Here's everything to know about the former cartel kingpin's life 10 years after the FBI took down his global drug empire.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
College football quarterback to drug kingpin isn’t exactly a typical career path, but that’s exactly what Owen Hanson did.
—Barry Levitt, Time, 26 Sep. 2025
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Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2025
Leo plays a hot-shot CIA operative trying to track a shadowy terrorist kingpin through Iraq and Jordan.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
Here's everything to know about the former cartel kingpin's life 10 years after the FBI took down his global drug empire.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
College football quarterback to drug kingpin isn’t exactly a typical career path, but that’s exactly what Owen Hanson did.
—Barry Levitt, Time, 26 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for kingpin
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“Kingpin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kingpin. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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