shot caller

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Someone in charge, especially the leader of a street gang. slang
    — 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 criminal activity. US,slang
    — […] the CDC's campaign to isolate other "shot callers" in its new generation of super maximum security prisons.

词形变化

shot callers plural shot-caller alternative shotcaller alternative

词源

Deverbal from call the shots.
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