Usually means: Leaders or organizers of criminal enterprises.
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  1. kingpins: Merriam-Webster
  2. kingpins: Collins English Dictionary
  3. kingpins: Vocabulary.com
  4. Kingpins, kingpin's, kingpins: Wordnik
  5. kingpins: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. kingpins: Wiktionary
  7. kingpins: Dictionary.com
  8. kingpins: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. The Kingpins (Canadian band), The Kingpins (English vocal group), The Kingpins: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. kingpins: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. kingpins: Encyclopedia

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  1. kingpins: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (kingpin)

noun:  (transport) The axis around which steered wheels pivot; a bolt that holds the axis in place—a kingbolt.
noun:  (transport) The pivot or connector between a tractor and trailer in the fifth-wheel coupling of semi-trailer truck.
noun:  (informal) The most important person in a usually evil undertaking or organization, often a druglord.
noun:  (ten-pin bowling) The pin at the centre of the triangle of bowling pins (originally the tallest pin in kayles). Sometimes also the headpin at the apex.
noun:  The bolt holding together the truck of a roller skate or skateboard.
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