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kingpin

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It's also interesting to look back 2K years at the kingpin Eurasian languages for evidence of definite/indefinite articles.

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Quick take

The bolt holding together the truck of a roller skate or skateboard.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of kingpin gathered in one view.

noun

The bolt holding together the truck of a roller skate or skateboard.

noun

(figurative, informal) The most important person in a usually evil undertaking or organization, often a druglord.

noun

(automotive) The axis around which steered wheels pivot; a bolt that holds the axis in place.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for kingpin.

Example sentences

1

It's also interesting to look back 2K years at the kingpin Eurasian languages for evidence of definite/indefinite articles.

2

You're willing to post publicly that you don't mind him having attempted to kill people to keep his kingpin status?

3

It seems like the DOJ is doing the same thing they would do against a gang; get a few lower-level people to take a plea deal and hand over the kingpin.

4

This is a sentence for an internet kingpin, who is also a (would-be) murderer.

5

I've done this, but had to get a baseplate with a longer kingpin to fit the taller bushing.

6

When a Mafia don or drug kingpin get prosecuted, do the witnesses remain secret?

7

Ulbricht was a legitimate kingpin who at least tried to have people killed.

8

He was also hit with a Kingpin charge that probably will stick, since he was personally involved and managed an organized crime scheme.

9

So the Three Strikes rule, plus the War on Drugs, plus the Kingpin laws were used with extreme prejudice to try and curtail the panic.

10

I'm late to the party, but you can (theoretically) receive the death penalty in the US from the federal government for operating as a drug kingpin.

11

> Prosecutors said he was more like a drug kingpin, profiting from cyberspace sales of illegal wares, and that he allegedly tried to arrange at least five murders to protect his business.

12

Yes, an actual murder is a worse outcome than a murder-for-hire that never materialized, but if you're a rich and sophisticated drug-kingpin attempting to commission torture and murder to secure your criminal enterprise, the punishment should be the most severe.

Quote examples

1

A drug cartel kingpin is technically a "civilian", as is the head of a global terrorism network, as is the head of a human trafficking network.

2

Then they grab him and execute warrants based on the "I gotcha, sucka" charges that will end up supporting the drug kingpin case.

3

I'm not sure what the "I'm not the kingpin" defense actually buys.

4

In other words, if you accept the existing laws at face value, then this is, indeed, terrible "drug kingpin" behavior deserving of severe punishment.

Proper noun examples

1

I wince when I read of security goofs like those mentioned in the article or Poulson's book Kingpin.

2

Kingpin: How One Hacker Took Over the Billion-Dollar Cybercrime Underground by Kevin Poulsen.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use kingpin in a sentence?

It's also interesting to look back 2K years at the kingpin Eurasian languages for evidence of definite/indefinite articles.

What does kingpin mean?

The bolt holding together the truck of a roller skate or skateboard.

What part of speech is kingpin?

kingpin is commonly used as noun.