Michael Corleone

plural Michael Corleones

1. A ruthless gangster.

   Having given up his role as the Michael Corleone of theory, now he wanted to be the Tony Soprano of pedagogy.

   2007, James Hynes, The Lecturer's Tale: A Novel, Picador

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   Beane is the Michael Corleone of baseball—brilliant and cold-blooded. Regardless of his feelings of affinity toward employees, they will be under his employ only if they produce. He's hired a close friend of his to be his manager in Bob Geren; if Geren is not successful, or if Beane simply wants to make a change, friendship or not, that's what he'll do. It's business. Not personal.

   2007, Paul Lebowitz, “The Prince Of New York's 2007 Baseball Preview”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), page 121