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kingpin
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- a police sting that nabbed several kingpins of the city's drug trade
big, big boy, big cheese, big gun, big leaguer, big shot, big wheel, big-timer, bigfoot, biggie, bigwig, fat cat, heavy, heavy hitter, heavyweight, high-muck-a-muck (or high-muckety-muck), honcho, kahuna, kingfish, major leaguer, muckety-muck (also muck-a-muck), nabob, nawab, nibs, nob [chiefly British], pooh-bah (also poo-bah), wheel
- finally nailed the mob kingpin who had been controlling all the gambling rackets in the city
administrator, commander, director, executive, general, governor, hierarch, higher-up
leadman, manager, overseer, principal, skipper, standard-bearer, steward, straw boss, superintendent, superior, supervisor
dominator, lord, overlord, potentate, ruler, sovereign (also sovran)
baron, czar (also tsar), king, magnate, mogul, president, prince
big cheese, big gun, bigwig, top dog, top gun
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