The underboss is the person who actually runs the family.    From Wordnik.com.  [Faultline USA] Reference

It had a boss and an underboss and crews with captains.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 31, 2005] Reference

LAMB: Can the underboss tell the consigliere what to do?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Underboss: Sammy The Bull Gravano's Story of Life in the Mafia] Reference

LAMB: And and Sammy "The Bull" Gravano was his underboss?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Underboss: Sammy The Bull Gravano's Story of Life in the Mafia] Reference

There's a boss, the underboss; there's also a consigliere.    From Wordnik.com.  [Underboss: Sammy The Bull Gravano's Story of Life in the Mafia] Reference

LAMB: What's the difference between an underboss and the boss?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Underboss: Sammy The Bull Gravano's Story of Life in the Mafia] Reference

It depends on the individual, what each underboss makes of his job.    From Wordnik.com.  [Underboss: Sammy The Bull Gravano's Story of Life in the Mafia] Reference

Gravano -- Sammy "The Bull" was the underboss and a man named Frank.    From Wordnik.com.  [Underboss: Sammy The Bull Gravano's Story of Life in the Mafia] Reference

They had a boss, an underboss, a counselor, a soldier, capo regimes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dan Lybarger: The Luck of the Irishman: An Interview With Historian Rick Porrello] Reference

The underboss, Joe Black, had apparently promised a lawyer to represent the kid.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mob and Me] Reference

The bookie goes back to the underboss of the family, he says, "Hey, we got a referee.".    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 23, 2007] Reference

Usually, after a boss died, the position was automatically passed on to the underboss.    From Wordnik.com.  [This Family of Mine] Reference

The underboss of the Family at the time, Salvatore Gravano, presided over the ceremony.    From Wordnik.com.  [This Family of Mine] Reference

Sometimes Gingrich seems like some kind of combination of an underboss and a consigliere.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Exclusive: Newt Gingrich ‘Sharing Resources, Coordinating Efforts’ With Oil Lobby (Updated)] Reference

So the Sopranos is the story of a New Jersey underboss becoming the boss of a New York family.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » More Sopranos Blogging] Reference

Robert Gates was the CIA underboss during Iran/Contra and now sits on the Iraq Group headed by.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Gates called for direct talks with Iran.] Reference

They are underboss and consigliere, or whether some other people will take over for that top spot.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 16, 2002] Reference

Peter Clemenza, the stalwart Corleone underboss, who knows more Family secrets than almost anyone.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Godfather Returns: Summary and book reviews of The Godfather Returns by Mark Winegardner.] Reference

CAPECI: Well, right now, the underboss of the Gambino crime family is a guy named Arnold Squitieri.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 5, 2002] Reference

In 1986, Frank DeCicco, then underboss for the Gambino Family, was killed as he approached his car.    From Wordnik.com.  [This Family of Mine] Reference

He was one of the lawyers back in the ` 80s who represented Gerry Angiullo, an underboss in the New England Mob family.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 15, 2006] Reference

And when Gotti's own underboss, Sammy "The Bull" Gravano, turned against him and testified in court, Gotti's fate was sealed.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 10, 2002] Reference

"Sopranos" fan and fancies himself as LeBron's underboss.    From Wordnik.com.  [NY Daily News] Reference

A reputed mob underboss is cuffed and booked, accused of bribery.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

He is the son of mob underboss Sonny Franzese, who was dubbed the.    From Wordnik.com.  [Penn State Live] Reference

Then you'll become seasoned enough to have your own capo, and then an underboss.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Guy Fatato, a former mobster-turned-informant, said Colombo crime family underboss John.    From Wordnik.com.  [NY Post: News] Reference

In 1957, mob underboss Frank Scalice was shot to death at a produce market in the Bronx.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Guardian World News] Reference

Colombo underboss on trial for racketeering loved collecting high interest on loans he doled out.    From Wordnik.com.  [NY Post: News] Reference

They were found guilty of secretly being on the payroll of Luchese underboss Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso starting in the 1980s.    From Wordnik.com.  [deseretnews.com - Top Stories] Reference

Neither is mob boss Joey Merlino, who is about to be released from prison on racketeering charges, or current underboss Marty.    From Wordnik.com.  [NY Post: News] Reference

When you promote him to underboss, you can add a third, so you've got one guy who can have up to three skills in your regular family.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Perhaps this line should have been a clue as to Isola's intentions: "He's a huge" Sopranos "fan and fancies himself as LeBron's underboss.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Cleveland Scene] Reference