In short words, they're not real criminals, they're stupid pussies.
Depends of the point of view on the concept of pussy. In my opinion, an individual like Tony Accardo, Carlo Gambino etc who send others to kill and think they are above doing the job themselves deserve even more to be called pussies than those rats.
Willie Marfeo to Henry Tameleo:
1) "You people want a loaf of bread and you throw the crumbs back. Well, fuck you. I ain't closing down."
2) "Get out of here, old man. Go tell Raymond to go shit in his hat. We're not giving you anything."
