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• n  the most important person in a group or undertaking
• n  bolt that provides a steering joint in a motor vehicle
• n  the front bowling pin in the triangular arrangement of ten pins

• Mexican druglord Joaqun Guzmn, 52, is the new Pablo Escobar, a kingpin testing the ability of a nascent democracy to control organized crime.
• That anonymity ended last week when Caruana's face was plastered across newspapers and television screens after his arrest as the alleged kingpin of a global drug-trafficking empire.
• In 1979 Jimmy,described by federal prosecutors as the kingpin of a narcotics empire in the Southwest, was indicted for drug smuggling.

• top banana
• bigwig
• kingbolt
• swivel pin
• headpin

News & Articles

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• Whitey Bulger — alleged mobster and informant — finally goes on trial in Boston
  It’s been more than 30 years, but former FBI agent Robert Fitzpatrick remembers well his first meeting with accused Boston mob kingpin and future fugitive James “Whitey” Bulger.“When I interviewed him, he said he was not an informant and I found that odd because my whole reason for going out there was to assess him as an informant,” Fitzpatrick said on the eve of opening statements in Bulger’s ...
  June 12, 2013 - NBC NEWS
• Fracking Russia: Country Rules On Shale Oil, If They Can Pull It Out Of The Ground
  The U.S. is seeing a fossil fuel revival thanks to fracking technologies allowing for shale oil and gas recovery. But Russia is the kingpin when it comes to shale oil, if they can develop the technologies required to pull it out of the ground that is.
  June 12, 2013 - Forbes
• As trial looms, Whitey Bulger says he's no snitch
  It’s been more than 30 years, but former FBI agent Robert Fitzpatrick remembers well his first meeting with accused Boston mob kingpin and future fugitive James “Whitey” Bulger.
  June 12, 2013 - NBC NEWS

Quotes

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• Karen Tandy in Reuters
  This drug kingpin bragged that he waged jihad against Americans by poisoning them with his heroin,Tandy said. "His attack was unconventional, and his massive drug profits funded the Taliban and other extremist organizations dedicated to...
• Eric Cantor in Media General Washington Bureau
  It is shocking that a former president of the United States would sit down and speak with a terrorist kingpin like Khaled Mashal,Cantor said.
• Mark Few in USA Today
  Obviously, this is the pinnacle and the creme de la creme of all the preseason tournaments. This is the kingpin and any other analogy you'd like to use. That's why it's so special,Gonzaga coach Mark Few said. "When you look up and you see...