What is a "made man"?

Answer 1

all men from the bahamas who have at least 8 to a 10 inch penis size. those like me who have 12 INCHES OR MORE are considerd DONS

Answer 2

A made man is one who is accepted as part of the Mafia family through some secret processes.

Answer 3

A Made man is someone who has been inducted into Cosa Nostra (The Mafia). Traditionally, to become a "Made man" the inductee had to be 100% Italian although this tradition has not always been strictly observed; examples include Junior Gotti, whose mother was half-Russian-Jewish, and "Cadillac" Frank Salemme, boss of the Patriarca Cosa Nostra Family in Providence, Rhode Island, who was half Irish.
Generally, a "made man" must have been involved in a murder, although murders committed for personal reasons do not "count"; he must have committed a killing contracted to him by a ranking Mafioso. Committing one's first contracted killing is referred to as "making your bones".

Until the 1980s, exceptions were made in regards to members being inducted without having "made their bones"; it was not until the Donnie Brasco trials, which revealed that the Mafia was about to make undercover agent Joe Pistone, that a rule was made that potential inductees must have "made their bones." When introducing one made man to another, the phrase "a friend of ours" is used indicating that he is a member and business can be discussed openly with him, however when introducing an associate the phrase "a friend of mine" is used. Made men are the only ones who can rise through the ranks of Cosa Nostra, from soldier, to Captain (or Caporegime (Capo) as it is sometimes called), to Consigliere, Underboss, and finally Boss.

To become "made" the inductee is required to take the oath of "Omerta" or silence. This ceremony involves the pricking of the finger of the inductee, then dripping blood onto a picture of a Saint, typically St. Francis of Assisi or the Virgin Mary,
which is then set alight in his hand and kept burning until the
inductee has sworn the oath of loyalty to his new "family": "As this
card burns, may my soul burn in Hell if I betray the oath of omertà.” After the ceremony the inductee is now a made man and a full member of the Mafia hierarchy with certain responsibilities and privileges. The made man now enjoys the protection of the Mafia establishment as long as he remains in favour and a previously agreed percentage of his criminal earnings are passed further up the hierarchy.

This ceremony is common among the East Coast Cosa Nostra Families, while the Chicago Outfit, as well as other West Coast families, induct members with less pomp. Although in many cases still vulnerable to police attention, in the criminal underworld the made man is usually something of a protected species. Other mobsters and criminals further down the criminal food-chain know that attempting to move in on the made man's "territory" or other spheres of criminal operation is strictly forbidden. If a made man feels that he has such a grievance he is entitled to bring the matter up with his mafioso peers to seek satisfaction.


To attack, let alone kill, a made man for any reason without the permission of those mafioso higher up in the organisation
is seen as a cardinal sin which will normally meet with severe
retaliation, in many cases regardless of whether the perpetrator has a legitimate grievance. The made man was traditionally seen as untouchable by the law as well as by his fellow criminals, a man to be respected and feared.

"It's dangerous to be an honest man," Don Michael Corleone, Godfather Part III

Answer 4

A mad man is the product of a male trying to understand a Female.

Answer 5

A "Made Man" is someone who has been excepted into a Mafia family gang.

Answer 6

A "Made Man" is when someone has conducted a murder or hit for their Mafia Family. They are now "vouched" for by the Mafia Family and have their backing.

Answer 7

A "Made Man" is someone who has been accepted into a Mafia family gang. a good fella

Answer 8

In this venue, a "Made Man" is someone who has been inducted into the Mafia.

Answer 9

a self made man is one who makes a successful career and life for himself, on his own, without a rich father or relative leaving it all to him or giving him everything

Answer 10

Someone who is inducted into the Mafia, of Italian descent, that has commited a contract murder for a Mafia superior (referred to as "making your bones").