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What (who) is kingpin - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Kingpin (movie); Kingpin (disambiguation); King pin; Kingpin movie; Kingpin (film); Kingpin (album); The Kingpins (pop group); King pin (disambiguation)
kingpin
(kingpins)
If you describe someone as the kingpin of an organization, you mean that they are the most important person involved in it. (JOURNALISM)
...one of the alleged kingpins of Colombia's largest drugs ring.
= linchpin
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kingpin
¦ noun
1. a main or large bolt in a central position.
a vertical bolt used as a pivot.
2. a person or thing that is essential to the success of an organization or operation.
Kingpin (character)
![[[Vincent D'Onofrio]] portrays Kingpin in the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]] (MCU).](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vincent D'Onofrio TIFF 2014.jpg?width=200 "[[Vincent D'Onofrio]] portrays Kingpin in the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]] (MCU).")
FICTIONAL CHARACTER IN MARVEL COMICS
Kingpin of Crime; The Kingpin; Wilson fisk; Wilson Fisk; Kingpin (comics); Wilson Fisk / The Kingpin; Kingpin (Wilson Fisk)
The Kingpin (Wilson Grant Fisk) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was created by Stan Lee and John Romita Sr.
Examples of use of kingpin
1. Last June, President Bush designated Afghan Baz Mohammad as a foreign narcotics kingpin under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act.
2. Bush designated BAZ MOHAMMAD as a foreign narcotics kingpin pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (the "Kingpin Act"), which targets, on a worldwide basis, significant foreign narcotics traffickers, their organizations, and their operatives.
3. The U.S. imperialists are kingpin of international terrorism.
4. The 18–year–old is the son of alleged underworld kingpin Yaakov Alperon.
5. Musicians are sometimes expected to give private concerts for kingpins, and to play whatever the kingpin wants to hear for as long the kingpin and his friends feel like listening.