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get a place ready: To find a spot to dispose of a dead body.
gift: a bribe, sometimes offered to a juror, as rumored to have
been the case during two Gambino Family trials. Once the rumor was
out, the trials ended in hung juries.
give a pass: to spare someone from being whacked.
going: about to be whacked.
going away to college: going to jail.
going south: stealing, passing money under the table, acting
irrationally.
Goodfella: a "made" member of the Mafia, a.k.a. button, wiseguy,
soldier etc.
goombah, goomba, gumba: Sicilian slang for the Italian compare.
goumada: see comare.
hack: a prison guard.
half a hard-on with a suitcase: female mob lawyer
hard-on with a suitcase: male mob lawyer.
headcrusher: an enforcer.
headhunter: hit man
heat: unwanted attention from law enforcement.
hit:
murder
hit man: paid assassin
hit the mattress, to: to go into hiding."
The
Honored Society: The
Sicilian Mafia
hot
items: stolen
goods.
hot place: a location suspected of being under close surveillance
by law enforcement personnel.
ice: to murder
joint, the: jail, prison.
juice:
loan
shark interest.
leg
breaker: an
enforcer.
loan shark: someone who loans mob money at high interest rates.
made: to be sworn into La Cosa Nostra; synonyms: to be "straightened out," to get your button.
Man of
Respect: Title
given to a made guy.
make a marriage: the union of two separate parties over the
resolution of Family issues.
mattresses, hitting the, taking to the: going to war with a rival Family.
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