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consigliere A visit from the consigliere of the “family” neither succeeded to sway the executive, nor softened his Hollywood abrasiveness—the fellow failed to realize that by flying across the country to make the request, the high-ranking mobster was not just providing the type of recommendation letter you mail to the personnel department of a state university.

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n. A person's advisor, especially to the leader of the Mafia or another criminal organization. Skin in the Game, Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Word	consigliere
Definition	n. A person's advisor, especially to the leader of the Mafia or another criminal organization.
Sentence	A visit from the consigliere of the “family” neither succeeded to sway the executive, nor softened his Hollywood abrasiveness—the fellow failed to realize that by flying across the country to make the request, the high-ranking mobster was not just providing the type of recommendation letter you mail to the personnel department of a state university.
Source	Skin in the Game, Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Consigliere N Person's Advisor Leader Mafia Criminal Organization