consigliere

[ kawn-see-lye-re ]

noun

, Italian.

, plural con·si·glie·ri [kawn-see-, lye, -, r, ee].

1. a member of a criminal organization or syndicate who serves as an adviser to the leader.

consigliere

/ ˌkɒnsɪglɪˈɛərɪ /

noun

1. a trusted adviser, esp in a criminal organization

Word History and Origins

Origin of consigliere¹

Italian, from Latin consiliārius , from consilium advice

Example Sentences

Trump, on the other hand, has vowed to deport every illegal immigrant, no matter the cost, while his immigration consigliere, Santa Monica native Stephen Miller, has previously explored banning birthright citizenship and deporting immigrants for their activism.

From Los Angeles Times

It was a move of both selfishness and self-sabotage worthy of Elon Musk, Trump’s latest consigliere, who has drained Twitter of $34.6 billion in value in the two years he’s owned it just for the satisfaction of filling it with misinformation and hate speech.

From Slate

Onstage, a comedian called Puerto Rico a floating island of “garbage,” and Trump’s disgraced consigliere Rudy Giuliani declared that Palestinians “are taught to kill us at 2 years old. They won’t let a Palestinian in Jordan. They won’t let a Palestinian in Egypt. And Harris wants to bring them to you.”

From Los Angeles Times

Worse yet is that one of the central pillars of social media is owned by an credulous doofus who’s positioned himself as sometimes consigliere, sometimes rally clown, to the Trump campaign.

From Slate

She is Roberts’ manager and consigliere, and the pairing has paid off nicely.

From Los Angeles Times