noun

• The leader of a criminal gang.

  ‘one of the men was a local gang leader, police said’

  More example sentences

  • ‘Gang leaders can build their organizations in several ways.’
  • ‘Some came as ready-made gangs of three or four with their own gang leader.’
  • ‘The Special Criminal Court, before sentencing him, said he was the gang leader.’
  • ‘They had met as high-school juniors, when he was a hustler and gang leader making a lucrative living on the streets.’
  • ‘His boss is an extremely violent gang leader.’
  • ‘Early in his career, he assassinated a rival gang leader and spent 10 years in prison for it.’
  • ‘He has do one last job for two gang leaders.’
  • ‘He grew from being an ordinary member of a gang to becoming a gang leader and big-time smuggler and extortionist.’
  • ‘Suspects in crime cases are now requesting known criminal gang leaders as representatives at identification parades, police sources say.’
  • ‘Drugs gang leaders are targeting youths aged 13 and under.’