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Definition of Kingpins
1. kingpin [n] - See also: kingpin
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kingpins
Literary usage of Kingpins
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1889)
"I know there are linchpins and kingpins tor locomotives, but they lire not used
for the same purpose as the articles in suit. ..."
2. Drugs, Crime, and the Justice System (1992)
"Some enforcement strategies are aimed at so called "kingpins," the operators of
... Enforcement agencies expect that by convicting "kingpins" particular ..."
3. Mexican and American Responses to the International Narcotics Threat edited by Jesse Helms (1999)
"US officials see Caro Quintero as a prime example of how weak Mexican laws and
an intricate web of corruption have permitted some alleged drug kingpins to ..."
4. Threat To U.s. Trade And Finance From Drug Trafficking And International edited by Charles E. Grassley (1999)
"Just last week, I supported an amendment to the Foreign Operations Appropriations
Bill that demands that Mexico prosecute the drug kingpins, or extradite ..."
5. Human Rights Watch World Report 1992 by Human Rights Watch (Organization (1991)
"... of the preferential treatment granted cartel kingpins who surrendered. ...
evidence was collected against the cartel kingpins who have For examples of ..."
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