Administration: the upper level power structure of an organized crime family, consisting of a boss, an underboss, and a consigliere
Associate: an "almost there" someone who has not been sworn into the family, but works with and/or for the wiseguys
books, the: euphamism for membership within the family, since nothing is written down
Boss: the head of a crime family; he is the only one that gives permission to 'whack' someone, and makes money from all family operations.
Capo: a ranking member of the family who heads a crew of soldiers
clip: to murder; also viewed as to "burn", to "whack", to "ice", to "pop"
consigliere: a couselor in a crime family
crew: a group of soldiers who take orders from a capo
fence: someone with worldwide outlets to liquidate stolen goods (see swag)
going south: stealing, money under the table
made: to be sworn into the family
meat eater: a corrupt cop
pinched: to be arrested
problem: someone with liability to be clipped
swag: stolen goods
151: crack cocaine
Author: a doctor who writes illegal prescriptions
Bag Man: person who transports money, person who supplies drugs, a pusher
BC bud: marijuana from British Columbia, Canada
Big Man: drug supplier
brewery: places where drugs are made
buck: to shoot someone in the head
cartels: organized drug smuggling rings
cluckers: middle men who facilitate between buyers and sellers
connect: to purchase drugs
dynamite: cocaine mixed with heroin
lettuce: money
lord: powerful drug traffickers; heads of drug cartels
paper boy: heroin peddler
pikachu: pills containing pcp and ecstacy
rollers: police
server: crack deal
travel agent: lsd supplier
Z: one gram of heroin