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n. - The front bowling piece in the triangular arrangement of ten pieces; Bolt that provides a steering joint in a motor vehicle; The most important person in a group or undertaking.

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  • Prominent Venezuelan drug trafficking suspect, called kingpin by US, arrested in
  • Chodo Contague, often called the kingpin, is the grand master of organized crime in TunFaire.
  • K police claimed to have arrested Irshad Ahmed, the so-called kingpin in the incidents of stone pelting in the valley.
  • (February 21) claimed to have arrested Irshad Ahmed, the so-called kingpin in the incidents of stone pelting in the valley.
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