Jimmy Hoffa
/ˌdʒɪmi ˈhɒfə/
/ˌdʒɪmi ˈhɑːfə/
- (1913-?1975) a US trade union leader. He was President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and greatly increased their power. He was found guilty of trying to bribe a member of a jury and was sent to prison from 1967 to 1971. He disappeared in 1975 and his body has never been found, though people assume he was murdered.