Kid Twist

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Kid Twist was the underworld nickname of Abe Reles, a notorious hitman and key informant for the Murder, Inc. crime syndicate in the 1930s and 1940s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf criminal nickname ⓘ
activityPeriod 1930s ⓘ
1940s ⓘ
affiliation Murder, Inc. ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Abe Reles ⓘ
Abraham Reles ⓘ
associatedEvent Murder, Inc. prosecutions ⓘ
associatedWith Brooklyn ⓘ
Brooklyn mob ⓘ
New York City underworld ⓘ
countryOfActivity United States ⓘ
criminalOrganization Murder, Inc. ⓘ
ethnicContext Jewish-American mob ⓘ
fieldOfActivity organized crime ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
hasReputation mob informant ⓘ
notorious hitman ⓘ
languageOfUse English ⓘ
nicknameOf Abe Reles ⓘ
notableEra Prohibition and post‑Prohibition era ⓘ
notableFor testifying against Murder, Inc. members ⓘ
turning state’s evidence against former associates ⓘ
occupation hitman ⓘ
realName Abe Reles ⓘ
role key informant ⓘ
usedBy Abe Reles ⓘ
usedDuring 1930s American mob era ⓘ
1940s American mob era ⓘ
usedInContext American organized crime ⓘ

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Abe Reles → nickname → Kid Twist ⓘ