a question about "dead fish "
What does that mean when the Mafia send someone a dead fish? want to kill him or what? If so,murder is difficult when someboby has been informed of his death,so why they do it?

one of my friend told me that means they're very loyal friends and want to die for each other~~~ I'm confused.

Question

a question about  "dead fish "
What does that mean when the Mafia send someone a dead fish?  want to kill him or what?  If so,murder is difficult  when someboby has been informed of his death,so why they do it? 

 one of my friend told me that means they're very loyal friends and want to die for each other~~~ I'm confused.

Answer

It means that they're going to kill the person they sent it to. The saying usually is "he'll sleep with the fishes". You are basically marked or tagged as a dead person.

They give him a warning of his impending death because the person usually can't escape being killed.