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Danny Greene, the Glossary

Daniel John Patrick Greene (November 14, 1933 – October 6, 1977) was an American mobster in Cleveland, Ohio, whose conflicts with the Cleveland crime family of the Italian-American Mafia ended in Greene's murder in 1977.^[1]

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1977 murders in the United States
American trade union officials convicted of crimes
Deaths by car bomb in the United States
Gangsters from Cleveland
Murdered American gangsters of Irish descent
Murdered FBI informants
People murdered by the Cleveland crime family
People murdered in Ohio

Affidavit

An italic (Medieval Latin for "he has declared under oath") is a written statement voluntarily made by an affiant or deponent under an oath or affirmation which is administered by a person who is authorized to do so by law.

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Altar server

An altar server is a lay assistant to a member of the clergy during a Christian liturgy.

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American Mafia

The American Mafia, commonly referred to in North America as the Italian-American Mafia, the Mafia, or the Mob, is a highly organized Italian American criminal society and organized crime group.

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Austintown, Ohio

Austintown is an unincorporated community and census-designated place within Austintown Township, Mahoning County, Ohio, United States.

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Bookmaker

A bookmaker, bookie, or turf accountant is an organization or a person that accepts and pays out bets on sporting and other events at agreed-upon odds.

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Boy Scouts of America

tag and place it alphabetically by ref name.

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Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE), commonly referred to as the ATF, is a domestic law enforcement agency within the United States Department of Justice.

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C-4 (explosive)

C-4 or Composition C-4 is a common variety of the plastic explosive family known as Composition C, which uses RDX as its explosive agent.

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Calvary Cemetery (Cleveland)

Calvary Cemetery is a Roman Catholic cemetery in Cleveland, Ohio, in the United States.

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Car bomb

A car bomb, bus bomb, van bomb, lorry bomb, or truck bomb, also known as a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED), is an improvised explosive device designed to be detonated in an automobile or other vehicles.

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Case Western Reserve University

Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) is a private research university in Cleveland, Ohio.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.

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Cleveland

Cleveland, officially the City of Cleveland, is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio.

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Cleveland crime family

The Cleveland crime family, also known as the Scalish crime family or the Cleveland Mafia, is an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in Cleveland, Ohio, and throughout the Greater Cleveland area.

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Cleveland Division of Police

The Cleveland Division of Police (CDP) is the governmental agency responsible for law enforcement in the city of Cleveland, Ohio.

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Cleveland Museum of Art

The Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) is an art museum in Cleveland, Ohio, United States.

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Cocaine

Cocaine (from, from, ultimately from Quechua: kúka) is a tropane alkaloid that acts as a central nervous system (CNS) stimulant.

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Collinwood

Collinwood is a historical area in the northeast part of Cleveland, Ohio.

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Collinwood High School (Cleveland)

Collinwood High School is a public high school located in the Collinwood neighborhood on the east side of Cleveland, Ohio, United States.

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Confirmation

In Christian denominations that practice infant baptism, confirmation is seen as the sealing of the covenant created in baptism.

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Crime boss

A crime boss, also known as a crime lord, mafia don, big boss, gang lord, gang boss, mob boss, kingpin, godfather, crime mentor, criminal mastermind, or boss lady is the leader of a criminal organization.

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Crime Library

Crime Library is a website documenting major crimes, criminals, trials, forensics, and criminal profiling from books.

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Criminal conspiracy

In criminal law, a conspiracy is an agreement between two or more people to commit a crime at some time in the future.

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Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Cuyahoga County is a large urban county located in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Ohio.

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Dockworker

A dockworker (also called a longshoreman, stevedore, or docker) is a waterfront manual laborer who loads and unloads ships.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States and its principal federal law enforcement agency.

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Fuller Brush Company

The Fuller Brush Company is an American company that sells branded and private label products for personal care, as well as for commercial and household cleaning.

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Gambino crime family

The Gambino crime family (pronounced) is an Italian-American Mafia crime family and one of the "Five Families" that dominate organized crime activities in New York City, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the American Mafia.

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Hells Angels

The Hells Angels Motorcycle Club (HAMC) is an international outlaw motorcycle club whose members typically ride Harley-Davidson motorcycles.

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IGN

IGN is an American video game and entertainment media website operated by IGN Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Ziff Davis, Inc.

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Intercession

Intercession or intercessory prayer is the act of praying to a deity on behalf of others, or asking a saint in heaven to pray on behalf of oneself or for others.

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Internal Revenue Service

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is the revenue service for the United States federal government, which is responsible for collecting U.S. federal taxes and administering the Internal Revenue Code, the main body of the federal statutory tax law.

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International Longshoremen's Association

The International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) is a North American labor union representing longshore workers along the East Coast of the United States and Canada, the Gulf Coast, the Great Lakes, Puerto Rico, and inland waterways; on the West Coast, the dominant union is the International Longshore and Warehouse Union.

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Irish Americans

Irish Americans (Gael-Mheiriceánaigh) are ethnic Irish who live in the United States and are American citizens.

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Italian Americans

Italian Americans (italoamericani) are Americans who have full or partial Italian ancestry.

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Jacksonville, North Carolina

Jacksonville is a city in Onslow County, North Carolina, United States.

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James T. Licavoli

James T. Licavoli (born Vincentio Licavoli; August 18, 1904 − November 23, 1985), also known as "Jack White" or "Blackie", was an American mobster based in Cleveland, Ohio, who became boss of the Cleveland crime family in 1976. Danny Greene and James T. Licavoli are American crime bosses and Gangsters from Cleveland.

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Jewish-American organized crime

Jewish-American organized crime initially emerged within the American Jewish community during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Jimmy Fratianno

Aladena James Fratianno (born Aladena Fratianno; November 14, 1913 – June 29, 1993), also known as "Jimmy the Weasel", was an Italian-born American mobster who was acting boss of the Los Angeles crime family. Danny Greene and Jimmy Fratianno are American crime bosses and Gangsters from Cleveland.

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Jimmy Hoffa

James Riddle Hoffa (born February 14, 1913 – disappeared July 30, 1975, declared dead July 30, 1982) was an American labor union leader who served as the president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) from 1957 until 1971. Danny Greene and Jimmy Hoffa are American trade union officials convicted of crimes.

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John Nardi

John Nardi (January 21, 1916 − May 17, 1977) was an influential associate of the Cleveland crime family who was involved in labor racketeering in Cleveland, Ohio. Danny Greene and John Nardi are Deaths by car bomb in the United States, Gangsters from Cleveland, people murdered by the Cleveland crime family and people murdered in Ohio.

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John T. Scalish

John T. Scalish (September 18, 1912 – May 26, 1976), also known as "John Scalise", was an American mobster who became the boss of the Cleveland crime family.

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Jonathan Hensleigh

Jonathan Blair Hensleigh (born February 13, 1959) is an American screenwriter and film director, working primarily in the action-adventure genre, best known for writing films such as Jumanji, Die Hard with a Vengeance, and Armageddon, as well as making his own directorial debut with the 2004 comic book action film The Punisher.

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Joseph N. Gallo

Joseph Nicholas Gallo (January 8, 1912 – September 1, 1995) was a New York mobster who served as consigliere of the Gambino crime family under three different bosses.

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Jude the Apostle

Jude (Ἰούδας Ἰακώβουtranslit. Ioúdas Iakóbou; Syriac/Aramaic: ܝܗܘܕܐ translit. Yahwada) was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus according to the New Testament.

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Kill the Irishman

Kill the Irishman is a 2011 American biographical crime film directed by Jonathan Hensleigh, and starring Ray Stevenson, Vincent D'Onofrio, Christopher Walken, and Val Kilmer.

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Law & Order

Law & Order is an American police procedural and legal drama television series created by Dick Wolf and produced by Wolf Entertainment and Universal Television, launching the ''Law & Order'' franchise.

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Los Angeles crime family

The Los Angeles crime family, also known as the Dragna crime family, the Southern California crime family or the L.A. Mafia, and dubbed "the Mickey Mouse Mafia" by former Los Angeles Police Chief Daryl Gates, is an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in Los Angeles, California as part of the larger Italian-American Mafia.

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Lyndhurst, Ohio

Lyndhurst is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States, and an eastern suburb of Cleveland.

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Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune

Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune is a United States military training facility in Jacksonville, North Carolina.

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Military discharge

A military discharge is given when a member of the armed forces is released from their obligation to serve.

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Mole (espionage)

In espionage jargon, a mole (also called a "penetration agent", "deep cover agent", "illegal" or "sleeper agent") is a long-term spy (espionage agent) who is recruited before having access to secret intelligence, subsequently managing to get into the target organization.

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New York City

New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Numbers game

The numbers game, also known as the numbers racket, the Italian lottery, Mafia lottery or the daily number, is a form of illegal gambling or illegal lottery played mostly in poor and working-class neighborhoods in the United States, wherein a bettor attempts to pick three digits to match those that will be randomly drawn the following day.

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Obituary

An obituary (obit for short) is an article about a recently deceased person.

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Ohio

Ohio is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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On the Waterfront

On the Waterfront is a 1954 American crime drama film, directed by Elia Kazan and written by Budd Schulberg.

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Organized crime

Organized crime is a category of transnational, national, or local group of centralized enterprises run to engage in illegal activity, most commonly for profit.

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Orphanage

An orphanage is a residential institution, total institution or group home, devoted to the care of orphans and children who, for various reasons, cannot be cared for by their biological families.

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Outlaw motorcycle club

An outlaw motorcycle club, known colloquially as a bikie gang (in Australia), biker gang or motorcycle gang, is a motorcycle subculture generally centered on the use of cruiser motorcycles, particularly Harley-Davidsons and choppers, and a set of ideals that purport to celebrate freedom, nonconformity to mainstream culture, and loyalty to the biker group.

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Parma, Ohio

Parma is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States, located on the southern edge of Cleveland.

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Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania Dutch), is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States.

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Playhouse Square

Playhouse Square is a theater district in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, United States.

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Ray Ferritto

Raymond W. Ferritto (April 8, 1929 - May 10, 2004) was an American mobster from Erie, Pennsylvania.

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Ray Stevenson

George Raymond Stevenson (25 May 196421 May 2023) was an actor from Northern Ireland, best known for his film and television work.

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Saint Ignatius High School (Cleveland)

Saint Ignatius High School is a private Jesuit boys high school in the Ohio City neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio.

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Shondor Birns

Alex Birns (February 21, 1907 – March 29, 1975), best known as Shondor Birns, was a Jewish-American organized crime figure, racketeer and crime boss from Cleveland, Ohio, who was once labeled by the local newspapers as the city's "Public enemy No. Danny Greene and Shondor Birns are Deaths by car bomb in the United States, Gangsters from Cleveland and people murdered in Ohio.

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Southern California

Southern California (commonly shortened to SoCal) is a geographic and cultural region that generally comprises the southern portion of the U.S. state of California.

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The Plain Dealer

The Plain Dealer is the major newspaper of Cleveland, Ohio; it is a major national newspaper.

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Thomas Sinito

Thomas James Sinito, also known as "The Chinaman" (September 18, 1938 − December 21, 1997), was a powerful Caporegime in the Cleveland crime family who was once accused of plotting the assassination of then mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, Dennis J. Kucinich in 1979.

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Trade union

A trade union (British English) or labor union (American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers whose purpose is to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment, such as attaining better wages and benefits, improving working conditions, improving safety standards, establishing complaint procedures, developing rules governing status of employees (rules governing promotions, just-cause conditions for termination) and protecting and increasing the bargaining power of workers.

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Underboss

Underboss (sottocapo) is a position within the leadership structure of certain organized crime groups as criminal mastermind, particularly in Sicilian, Greek, and Italian-American Mafia crime families.

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United States Federal Witness Protection Program

The United States Federal Witness Protection Program (WPP), also known as the Witness Security Program or WITSEC, is a witness protection program codified through 18 U.S. Code § 3521 and administered by the United States Department of Justice.

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United States Marine Corps

The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting expeditionary and amphibious operations through combined arms, implementing its own infantry, artillery, aerial, and special operations forces.

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Urban legend

Urban legends (sometimes modern legend, urban myth, or simply legend) is a genre of folklore concerning stories about an unusual (usually scary) or humorous event that many people believe to be true but largely are not.

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Vending machine

A vending machine is an automated machine that dispenses items such as snacks, beverages, cigarettes, and lottery tickets to consumers after cash, a credit card, or other forms of payment are inserted into the machine or otherwise made.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Greene

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See also

1977 murders in the United States

American trade union officials convicted of crimes

Deaths by car bomb in the United States

Gangsters from Cleveland

Murdered American gangsters of Irish descent

Murdered FBI informants

People murdered by the Cleveland crime family

People murdered in Ohio

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