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  • noun Plural form of consigliere.

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Examples

  • Few if any of Murdoch consiglieri can boast the career credentials listed in the press statement issued last night by News Corp following his resignation.

    Les Hinton: the rise and fall of Rupert Murdoch's most trusted lieutenant 2011

  • Yet Greg stands convicted, despite his reliance on his finance expert, Mike Byrd, and Larry Sonsini, his consiglieri who was supposed to ensure his compliance with all SEC regulations.

    Michael Santos: Greg Reyes, Former CEO of Brocade, Was Betrayed Michael Santos 2011

  • Yet Greg stands convicted, despite his reliance on his finance expert, Mike Byrd, and Larry Sonsini, his consiglieri who was supposed to ensure his compliance with all SEC regulations.

    Michael Santos: Greg Reyes, Former CEO of Brocade, Was Betrayed Michael Santos 2011

  • His consiglieri, an ashen-faced Vice President Omar Suleiman, read a 30-second statement to announce Mr. Mubarak's departure and the transfer of power to the Supreme Council of the Armed Services.

    Egypt After Mubarak 2011

  • In the Pantheon of wartime consiglieri, Bing consistently violates the scripture of anthropological correctness by putting corporate folks into - gasp - categories!

    Eric Dezenhall: Stanley Bing's "Morals" Pierce Corporate Treacle Eric Dezenhall 2011

  • Yet Greg stands convicted, despite his reliance on his finance expert, Mike Byrd, and Larry Sonsini, his consiglieri who was supposed to ensure his compliance with all SEC regulations.

    Michael Santos: Greg Reyes, Former CEO of Brocade, Was Betrayed Michael Santos 2011

  • The former two had been winning until the Mass. election ... suddenly the Anointed One, presumably on the advice of his political consiglieri, hopes to latch on to the populist anti-Establishment tide sweeping the country.

    Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister? 2010

  • After a hideaway chat with Nixon, his consiglieri, Chuck Colson, concluded that it was imperative "to stop Anderson at all costs."

    The Best of Enemies 2010

  • He dines at Mr. Berlusconi ' s villa near Milan and is one of the premier ' s most trusted consiglieri, people close to the government say, though the two don ' t always see eye to eye.

    An Italian Fringe Firebrand Alessandra Galloni 2010

  • I won't have to worry this week that he'll use my dough to bankroll consiglieri who get bosses off the hook when they're charged with pimping out children, or nabbed on tax code and RICO violation counts; nor fear my contributions will be used to fund cheese-eaters on Apostolic Inquisition teams (technically Apostolic Visitation teams), Vatican snitches who spy on women in convents.

    Michele Somerville: Church Collection: Should Conscientious Catholics Stop Giving? 2010

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