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Anthony Mirra

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Anthony "Tony" Mirra (July 18, 1927 - February 18, 1982) was an Italian-American mobster, soldier and later caporegime for the Bonanno crime family. [1]

55 relations: Al Indelicato, Alfred Embarrato, Amusement arcade, Anthony Carfano, Bar, Beat (police), Benjamin Ruggiero, Bonanno crime family, Caporegime, Cesare Bonventre, Colombo crime family, Dominick Napolitano, Dominick Trinchera, Donnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in the Mafia, Extortion, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Gambling, Gangster, Ginger ale, Gratis versus libre, Group sex, Illegal drug trade, Italian Americans, Joseph D'Amico, Joseph D. Pistone, Joseph Massino, Knickerbocker Village, Knife, Lesbian, Little Italy, Manhattan, Lower East Side, Lower Manhattan, Mass, Mood swing, Mother's Day, New York (state), New York City Police Department, New York Post, Nicholas Marangello, Philip Giaccone, Philip Rastelli, Pinball, Point-blank range, Pornography, Recluse, Richard Cantarella, Slot machine, Social club, Soldato, Special agent, ..., The Motion Lounge, The New York Times, Vagrancy, Vending machine, Zorba the Greek. Expand index (5 more) »

Al Indelicato

Alphonse "Sonny Red" Indelicato (February 25, 1931 - May 5, 1981) was a caporegime in New York City's Bonanno crime family who was murdered with two other capos in an infamous gangland slaying.

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Alfred Embarrato

Alfred "Al Walker" Embarrato a.k.a. "Alfred Scalisi" a.k.a." Aldo Elvorado" (November 12, 1909 – February 21, 2001) was a New York mobster who became a caporegime of the Bonanno crime family and a powerful labor figure at The New York Post distribution plant.

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Amusement arcade

An amusement arcade (often referred to as "video arcade" or simply "arcade") is a venue where people play arcade games such as video games, pinball machines, electro-mechanical games, redemption games, merchandisers (such as claw cranes), or coin-operated billiards or air hockey tables.

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Anthony Carfano

Anthony Carfano (1895 – September 25, 1959), also known as "Little Augie Pisano", was a New York gangster who became a caporegime, or group leader, in the Luciano crime family under mob bosses Charles "Lucky" Luciano and Frank Costello.

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Bar

A bar (also known as a saloon or a tavern or sometimes a pub or club, referring to the actual establishment, as in pub bar or savage club etc.) is a retail business establishment that serves alcoholic beverages, such as beer, wine, liquor, cocktails, and other beverages such as mineral water and soft drinks and often sell snack foods such as crisps (potato chips) or peanuts, for consumption on premises.

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Beat (police)

In police terminology, a beat is the territory and time that a police officer patrols.

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Benjamin Ruggiero

Benjamin Ruggiero, also known as "Lefty", "Lefty Guns", and "Lefty Two Guns" (April 19, 1926 – November 24, 1994), was a soldier in the Bonanno crime family.

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Bonanno crime family

The Bonanno crime family (pronounced) is one of the Five Families that dominate organized crime activities in New York City, United States, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the American Mafia (or Cosa Nostra).

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Caporegime

A caporegime or capodecina, usually shortened to just a capo, is a rank used in the Mafia (both the Sicilian Mafia and Italian-American Mafia) for a made member of the crime family who heads a "crew" of soldiers and has major social status and influence in the organization.

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Cesare Bonventre

Cesare "The Tall Guy" Bonventre (January 1, 1951 – April 16, 1984) was a Sicilian mobster and caporegime for the New York City Bonanno crime family.

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Colombo crime family

The Colombo crime family (pronounced) is the youngest of the "Five Families" that dominates organized crime activities in New York City, United States, within the nationwide criminal organization known as the Mafia (or Cosa Nostra).

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Dominick Napolitano

Dominick Napolitano (June 16, 1930 – August 17, 1981), also known as Sonny Black, was an American Mafia caporegime in the Bonanno crime family.

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Dominick Trinchera

Dominick "Big Trin" Trinchera (December 20, 1936 Bronx, New York - May 5, 1981 Dyker Heights, Brooklyn) was a Bonanno crime family capo who was murdered with Alphonse Indelicato and Philip Giaccone for planning the overthrow of aspiring Bonanno boss Philip Rastelli.

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Donnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in the Mafia

Donnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in the Mafia (Hodder & Stoughton.) is a 1988 autobiographical crime book written by Joseph D. Pistone (assisted by Richard Woodley) about his story as an FBI agent going undercover and infiltrating the Mafia.

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Extortion

Extortion (also called shakedown, outwrestling and exaction) is a criminal offense of obtaining money, property, or services from an individual or institution, through coercion.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), formerly the Bureau of Investigation (BOI), is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States, and its principal federal law enforcement agency.

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Gambling

Gambling is the wagering of money or something of value (referred to as "the stakes") on an event with an uncertain outcome with the primary intent of winning money or material goods.

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Gangster

A gangster is a criminal who is a member of a gang.

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Ginger ale

Ginger ale is a carbonated soft drink flavoured with ginger.

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Gratis versus libre

The English adjective free is commonly used in one of two meanings: "for free" (gratis) and "with little or no restriction" (libre).

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Group sex

Group sex is sexual behavior involving more than two participants.

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Illegal drug trade

The illegal drug trade or drug trafficking is a global black market dedicated to the cultivation, manufacture, distribution and sale of drugs that are subject to drug prohibition laws.

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Italian Americans

Italian Americans (italoamericani or italo-americani) are an ethnic group consisting of Americans who have ancestry from Italy.

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Joseph D'Amico

Joseph D'Amico (born 1955 in Little Italy, Manhattan), also known as "Joey The Mook," was a made man in the Bonanno crime family who later turned government informant.

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Joseph D. Pistone

Joseph Dominick "Joe" Pistone (born September 17, 1939), alias Donnie Brasco, is a former FBI agent who worked undercover for six years infiltrating the Bonanno crime family and to a lesser extent the Colombo crime family, two of the Five Families of the Mafia in New York City.

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Joseph Massino

Joseph Charles Massino (born January 10, 1943) is an American former mobster.

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Knickerbocker Village

Knickerbocker Village Limited is a lower middle class housing development situated between the Manhattan Bridge and Brooklyn Bridge, in the Two Bridges section of the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York City.

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Knife

A knife (plural knives) is a tool with a cutting edge or blade, hand-held or otherwise, with most having a handle.

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Lesbian

A lesbian is a homosexual woman.

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Little Italy, Manhattan

Little Italy is a neighborhood in Lower Manhattan, New York City, once known for its large population of Italian Americans.

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Lower East Side

The Lower East Side, sometimes abbreviated as LES, is a neighborhood in the southeastern part of the New York City borough of Manhattan, roughly located between the Bowery and the East River, and Canal Street and Houston Street.

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Lower Manhattan

Lower Manhattan, also known as Downtown Manhattan or Downtown New York, is the southernmost part of Manhattan, the central borough for business, culture, and government in the City of New York, which itself originated at the southern tip of Manhattan Island in 1624, at a point which now constitutes the present-day Financial District.

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Mass

Mass is both a property of a physical body and a measure of its resistance to acceleration (a change in its state of motion) when a net force is applied.

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Mood swing

A mood swing is an extreme or rapid change in mood.

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Mother's Day

Mother's Day is a celebration honoring the mother of the family, as well as motherhood, maternal bonds, and the influence of mothers in society.

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New York (state)

New York is a state in the northeastern United States.

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New York City Police Department

The City of New York Police Department, commonly known as the NYPD, is the primary law enforcement and investigation agency within the five boroughs of New York City.

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New York Post

The New York Post is the fourth-largest newspaper in the United States and a leading digital media publisher that reached more than 57 million unique visitors in the U.S. in January 2017.

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Nicholas Marangello

Nicholas Marangello (died December 30, 1999), also known as "Nicky Glasses", "Nicky Cigars", "Nicky the Butler" and "Little Nicky", was the underboss of the Bonanno crime family under Philip Rastelli, the father-in-law of Robert Perrino and grandfather of Nicola Langora.

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Philip Giaccone

Philip Giaccone also known as "Philly Lucky" and "The Priest" (July 12, 1932 - May 5, 1981) was a Bonanno crime family member who was murdered by loyalists of crime boss Joseph Massino.

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Philip Rastelli

Philip "Rusty" Rastelli (January 31, 1918 – June 24, 1991) was a New York mobster and former boss of the Bonanno crime family, though he spent all but two years of his reign in prison.

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Pinball

Pinball is a type of arcade game, in which points are scored by a player manipulating one or more steel balls on a play field inside a glass-covered cabinet called a pinball table (or "pinball machine").

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Point-blank range

Point-blank range is any distance over which the trajectory of a given projectile fired from a given weapon remains sufficiently flat that one can strike a target by firing at it directly.

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Pornography

Pornography (often abbreviated porn) is the portrayal of sexual subject matter for the exclusive purpose of sexual arousal.

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Recluse

A recluse is a person who lives in voluntary seclusion from the public and society.

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Richard Cantarella

Richard Cantarella ("Shellackhead") (born 1944), was a New York mobster who became a caporegime for the Bonanno crime family and later a government witness.

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Slot machine

A slot machine (American English), known variously as a fruit machine (British English), puggy (Scottish English), the slots (Canadian and American English), poker machine/pokies (Australian English and New Zealand English), or simply slot (American English), is a casino gambling machine with three or more reels which spin when a button is pushed.

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Social club

A social club may be a group of people or the place where they meet, generally formed around a common interest, occupation, or activity.

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Soldato

A soldato is the first level of both the American Mafia and the Sicilian Mafia in the formal Mafia hierarchy or cadre.

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Special agent

A Special Agent, in the United States, is usually a criminal investigator or detective for a federal, state, or county government who primarily serves in investigatory roles.

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The Motion Lounge

The Motion Lounge was a Williamsburg, Brooklyn, nightclub owned by Bonanno crime family caporegime Dominick Napolitano which also was the capo's apartment away from his home.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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Vagrancy

Vagrancy is the condition of a person who wanders from place to place homeless with no regular employment nor income, referred to as a vagrant, vagabond, rogue, tramp or drifter.

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Vending machine

A vending machine is an automated machine that provides items such as snacks, beverages, cigarettes and lottery tickets to consumers after money, a credit card, or specially designed card is inserted into the machine.

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Zorba the Greek

Zorba the Greek (Βίος και Πολιτεία του Αλέξη Ζορμπά, Víos kai Politeía tou Aléxē Zorbá, Life and Times of Alexis Zorbas) is a novel written by the Cretan author Nikos Kazantzakis, first published in 1946.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Mirra

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