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LITTLE CAESAR
LITTLE CAESAR
ScnMaster
any boss of a
criminal
gang or mob. The
term
is used here in
reference
to the film "Little
Caesar
" starring Edward G.
Robinson
(1930), which shows the
rise
and
fall
of a
gang boss
closely modeled on Al Capone (a
leader
of organized
crime
in
Chicago
in the
late
1920s,
involved
in gambling, the
illegal
sale
of
alcohol
and prostitution).
—
Science
of
Survival
Glossary (app 11.7.90)