kingpin
Example Sentences
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Hundreds of people dragged away suitcases, computer monitors, pets and furniture as they fled a suspected Cambodian cyberfraud centre, after the country's most wanted alleged scam kingpin was arrested and deported.
From Barron's
Border Security Minister Alex Norris said the UK was "cracking down on the criminals exchanging human lives for cash" and praised officers for apprehending "this smuggling kingpin".
From BBC
Hence the relative ease with which the regime gave up its kingpin.
I stand up ready to give this former cyber-crime kingpin a professional hello.
From BBC
The US sanctions list is usually reserved for drug kingpins, terror operatives and dictators involved in widespread human rights abuses.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
