underboss
Noun
Meaning
underboss (plural underbosses)
An assistant to the boss of a crime family
Hypernyms
Examples
Serving as the Don's underboss is his oldest son, Santino.
John “Sonny” Franzese, the former underboss of the Colombo Crime Family, has died at 103, according to TMZ.
Sometimes an underboss may do this in penance to the oyabun if he wants to spare a member of his own gang from further retaliation.
Olsen would merit the title of underboss in the Arena pitch family.