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This is a glossary of words related to the Mafia, primarily the Sicilian Mafia and Italian American Mafia. administration: the top-level "management" of an organized crime family -- the boss, underboss and consigliere.associate: one who works with mobsters, but has not been asked to take the vow of Omertà; an almost confirmed, or made guy.bagman: a person or paymaster designated to collect or distribute illicitly gained money.barone: a baron or landlord.books, the: a phrase indicating membership in the family. If there is a possibility for membership, then the books are open. If not, the books are closed.boss: the head of the family who runs the operation. The boss also gets points from all family business; also see don, chairman.bridge: threat of death; e.g. "our former friend is walking across the bridge".button or becoming a button man: a mafia hit man; or someone who has become a made man.capo: the family member who leads a crew; short for caporegime or capodecina.capo dei capi: "boss of all [the] bosses" is a phrase used mainly by the media, public and the law enforcement community to indicate a supremely powerful crime boss in the Sicilian or American Mafia who holds great influence over the whole organization.captain: a capo.cement shoes: a method of murder or body disposal, usually associated with criminals such as the Mafia or gangs. It involves weighting down the victim, who may be dead or alive, with concrete and throwing them into water in the hope the body will never be found.clip: to murder; also to whack, hit, pop, burn, ice, put a contract out on.code of silence: not ratting on one's colleagues once one has been pinched -- no longer a strong virtue in organized crime families.