capo di tutti capin.
/ˈkapəʊ dɪ ˈtuːtɪ ˈkapi/, U.S. /ˈkeɪpoʊ di ˈtudi ˈkeɪpi/, /ˈkɑpoʊ di ˈtudi ˈkɑpi/ Originally U.S.
A person who runs every branch of the Mafia in a region. Frequently in extended use.
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society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > secret society > [noun] > other secret societies > member of > chief
boss of all bosses1880
capo mafioso1952
capo1959
capo di tutti capi1969
1969 Newsday (N.Y.) 15 Feb. 7/1 Police intelligence sources said that Gambino..must be considered the leading contender for the title of ‘capo di tutti capi’ (boss of all bosses).
1972 N.Y. Times 11 June ii. 2 (advt.) Mobster Times is the Capo di Tutti Capi of crime magazines.
1974 N.Y. Mag. 13 May In 1943 Frank Costello stood astride the criminal world, the undisputed capo di tutti capi, Boss of All Bosses, of the Mafia.
1994 J. Lovell & J. Kluger Apollo 13 (1995) vi. 156 Gene Kranz..was the true capo di tutti capi of the control room.
2002 New Yorker 12 Aug. 58/1 Sonny Barger, for decades the [Hell's] Angels' equivalent of a capo di tutti capi, is now in his mid-sixties.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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