kingpin

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Saudi Arabia is the largest oil producer in the world and is sometimes referred to as the kingpin of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).

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  1. noun Sports The innermost or central pin in an arrangement of bowling pins.
  2. noun Sports See headpin.
  3. noun The most important person or element in an enterprise or system.

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  • After a lavish 11 day holiday at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Manhattan where he enjoyed room service "and considered himself a guest of the U.S. government," the drug kingpin was arrested. —  Infowars
  • Saudi Arabia is the largest oil producer in the world and is sometimes referred to as the kingpin of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). —  NewsBlaze.com Current News - Top Stories
  • It's sure starting to appear that the court kingpin is acting out of spite, showing the county commissioners and we the taxpayers that he's the boss and no one pushes him around. —  Times Leader News
  • No wonder the current Celebreality kingpin is a guest on —  Vh1 Blog
  • Llyr as a pair of conniving brothers that take cruel vengeance upon Swansea's local kingpin, and was directed by —  /Film
 

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