mob boss

noun

: someone who controls part of an organized criminal group

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In Coast City, a young actor (Tom Rhys Harries) is horribly disfigured by a local mob boss and opts for an experimental treatment. — Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2026 Thank goodness Corey is on hand to remind Matt that his new paramour is the girlfriend of local mob boss Markos Szabo (David Dencik). — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 21 Oct. 2026 Written by Mike Flanagan and Hossein Amini, and directed by James Watkins, Clayface centers on a Hollywood movie star named Tom Hagen who is left grossly disfigured following a violent attack orchestrated by a Gotham mob boss. — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026 Rising movie star Matt Hagen (Harries) is disfigured by a mob boss (Eddie Marsan) and rapidly falls out of Hollywood. — ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for mob boss

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“Mob boss.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mob%20boss. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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