Boss
Boss noun - The person (as an employer or supervisor) who tells people and especially workers what to do.
Gang leader and boss are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Gang leader" instead a noun "Boss".
Gang leader
Boss and gang leader are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Boss" instead a noun phrase "Gang leader".
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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Yakuza: His company was called "Fujiwara Gumi" (where "Gumi" a word used to yakuza groups) and he put himself the title of "kumicho" (a word for yakuza boss or gang leader, pretty much like The Don).
Source: Wrestling / Yoshiaki Fujiwara - The Crow: T-Bird looks like the Big Bad, since he's the gang leader who kills Eric and Shelley, but he's revealed to be working for a crime boss named Top Dollar halfway through the film.
Source: Disc One Final Boss -
Shortly before EarthBound's first real boss fight (against a local gang leader), the protagonist is asked if he wants to join the gang.
Source: But Thou Must!
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