mob boss

noun

: someone who controls part of an organized criminal group

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Written by Mike Flanagan and Hossein Amini, and directed by James Watkins, Clayface centers on a Hollywood movie star named Tom Hagen who is left grossly disfigured following a violent attack orchestrated by a Gotham mob boss. — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026 Rising movie star Matt Hagen (Harries) is disfigured by a mob boss (Eddie Marsan) and rapidly falls out of Hollywood. — ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026 Clayface is Matt Hagen, an actor whose face is disfigured by a local mob boss. — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026 In the nineteen-twenties, a mob boss played outlaws in silent films, and later some mobsters became movie stars by playing such roles. — Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for mob boss

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“Mob boss.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mob%20boss. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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