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| has gloss | eng: The Broadway Mob was a New York bootlegging gang during Prohibition. Although headed by Joe Adonis, the gangs day-to-day operations were handled by Charles "Lucky" Luciano and Frank Costello as well as financially backed by Arnold Rothstein. During Manhattan's bootleg wars, Rothstein would bring in the Bug and Meyer Mob, led by Meyer Lansky and Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, to protect alcohol shipments. |
| lexicalization | eng: Broadway Mob |
| instance of | (noun) an association of criminals; "police tried to break up the gang"; "a pack of thieves" gang, pack, mob, ring |
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| has gloss | deu: Als Broadway Mob wurde während der US-amerikanischen Alkoholprohibition 1919-1932 die Bande um Joe Adonis bezeichnet; als Geschäftsführer für die täglich notwendigen Entscheidungen fungierten Lucky Luciano und Frank Costello. |
| lexicalization | deu: Broadway Mob |
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