JAMES RIDDLE HOFFA

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

United States labor leader who was president of the Teamsters Union; he was jailed for trying to bribe a judge and later disappeared and is assumed to have been murdered (1913-1975)

Synonyms:

Hoffa; James Riddle Hoffa; Jimmy Hoffa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

labor leader (a leader of a labor movement)

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