Maf

1. Slang of the Mafia
A Mafioso’s Handbook
By
Charles White

2. Action
• Term for illegal profits
or activity

3. Button
• A soldier in a Mafia
family

4. Crumb
• A person who works
for a living . Not a
member of the Mafia

5. Don
• A Mafia boss

6. Earner
• Some one who
makes money for the
Mafia .

7. Flip
• To cooperate with
police.

8. Ghost Payroll
• To lie about having a
lot of employees to
hide money for the
Mafia

9. Hit the Mattresses
• To hide the boss
during an underworld
feud.

10. Ice
• Murder

11. Junk
• Drugs

12. Knock off
• Kill

13. LCN
• FBI abbreviation for
La Cosa Nostra -
translates to “the our
thing”. Another term
for the Mafia.

14. Mark
• Person or place
targeted for criminal
activity .

15. Numbers
• Common Mafia
gambling activity .

16. Outfit
• Local Chicago
term for Al
Capone’s Mafia
family

17. Pinch
•
Arrest

18. Rat
• Snitch

19. Stand Up Guy
• Someone
who does
not snitch
on his
partner
even to
save
himself
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20. Tail
• Law
enforcement
officer who
is tracking a
criminal
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21. Under Boss
• Second in
command
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22. Vendetta
• A promise
to get even

23. Wire
• A gadget to
listen to other
people’s
conversations
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24. Zip
• Put down
term for
Sicilian
Mafia
members in
the USA!!
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25. Citations
• http://www.onewal.com/maf-glos.html
• www.shutterstock.com
• http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Gangster
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• www.fotosearch.com/clip-art/gangster.html
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