The document defines various terms and slang used by the Mafia. It includes definitions for terms like "Don" which refers to a Mafia boss, "Earner" which means someone who makes money for the Mafia, and "Hit the mattresses" which is when a boss hides during an underworld feud. The slang terms cover topics like illegal profits, ranks within the family, criminal activities, law enforcement, and promises of retaliation.

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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