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shot caller

noun

Etymology

Deverbal from call the shots.

Definitions

  1. Someone in charge, especially the leader of a street gang.

    • Antonio Ramirez,^([sic]) is a shot caller (a leader) of the A Street gang, a powerful criminal organization in the southern part of the state.

  2. A prison inmate who holds informal authority over other inmates and who masterminds…

    A prison inmate who holds informal authority over other inmates and who masterminds criminal activity.

    • […] the CDC's campaign to isolate other "shot callers" in its new generation of super maximum security prisons.
    • A hotbed for fights and race riots has long been California's Pitchess Detention Center, a Los Angeles County prison. These battles are masterminded by tattooed gang leaders called shot callers.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA