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kingpin
1. a pivot pin that provides a steering joint in a motor vehicle by securing the stub axle to the axle beam
2. Tenpin bowling the front pin in the triangular arrangement of the ten pins
3. (in ninepins) the central pin in the diamond pattern of the nine pins
kingpin [′kiŋ‚pin]
(mechanical engineering)
The pin for articulation between an automobile stub axle and an axle-beam or steering head. Also known as swivel pin.
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Mexico's attorney general last Monday published a list of 24 drug kingpins in the country's six largest gangs and offered rewards of up to two-million-dollars for each.
Mexico arrests top drug cartel leader by AFP / AFP Global Edition
The agreement strikes a careful and appropriate balance to ensure that non-violent addicted offenders get the treatment they need while predatory kingpins get the punishment they deserve," the office of state Governor David Paterson said.
New York lawmakers agree to ease anti-drug laws by AFP / AFP American Edition
Paedophile Philip Thompson, 27, was one of the kingpins behind the internet-based child abuse ring that reached 33 countries.
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