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Meanings of kingpin in English
Russian
шкворень Spanish
pivote de direccion 
Catalan
peix gros Synonyms
Examples for "bigwig"
Examples for "bigwig"
1
I heard Cortez talking to some OPA bigwig a couple days ago.
2
No, the former Microsoft bigwig is not joining the search engine game.
3
A call from some bigwig on Mars to some bigwig on Earth.
4
When did you last see any Fat Sun bigwig give a speech?
5
She informed us, Some Pentagon bigwig arrived a few minutes ago.
1
I mean the real top banana in security, not under nobody else?'
2
Leave it to me: I'm always top banana in the shock department.
3
Harsh rains have caused tens of millions of dollars in losses for the world's top banana exporter over the past decade.
4
The world's top banana exporter, Ecuador, reacted angrily and demanded that the EU stick to the agreement to slash its import tariffs on bananas.
5
Top Banana It's the world's most consumed fruit and spans generations as food for both toothless babies and the toothless geriatric.
Catalan
pern gros Spanish
muñón de articulación Catalan
bitlla davantera Spanish
bolo central Usage of kingpin in English
1
He said a kingpin structure existed where older boys assaulted younger ones.
2
The charge: being the kingpin of a massive international DVD piracy ring.
3
The FBI accuses 30-year-old Beauregard Wattigney of being counterfeit coupon kingpin ThePurpleLotus.
4
In July, a federal judge sent the kingpin to prison for life.
5
He neither dissed the hedge fund kingpin nor sucked up to him.
6
The pop-soul kingpin has been based in Europe for a couple of weeks.
7
President Enrique Pena Nieto put the kingpin's capture down to outstanding police work.
8
But this time, the virtual computing kingpin took a different tack.
9
The hitman apparently worked for Guzman, but refused to say the kingpin's name.
10
No ivory-trafficking kingpin has ever been caught, and this centuries-old trade continues unabated.
11
This is, of course, the club historically associated with drug kingpin Pablo Escobar.
12
But both Russia and the OPEC kingpin are already pumping nearly flat out.
13
Ross continues to flaunt his mastery of the hip-hop kingpin character.
14
The one-time Hollywood kingpin has denied having nonconsensual sex with anyone.
15
The same can hold true for business as recruitment kingpin Manpower discovered this week.
16
With his wealth of business success and political contacts, he is the undisputed kingpin.
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