mafia
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4.8
- noun
- /ˈmɑːfiə/
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mafia
- Many movies depict the mafia as a network of organized crime operating in secrecy.
- a mafia-style organization
Like that is the head, like the mafia boss of the busboys, right?
- Like that is the head, like the mafia boss of the busboys, right?
- It's kind of like, sounds like a mafia of sorts, like a food mafia.
- You're connected with a mafia, you're fired.
- And he had a ton of he had a ton of Mafia ties too.
- And I was like, you know, someone from Woolwich who has Mafia connections.
- They were because I was a double Pate prisoner because of the mafia connection.
- He wants the FBI to be his own personal mafia.
- You've been the waffling mafia and peace.
- Let's get back to our story about the mafia and olive oil.
- Immigrants are our enemy, the rainbow mafia, they are our enemy.
- I was saying that Mafia was people's downfall.
- So Rhode Island is mafia, Providence alone.
- No more like some like seriously, like almost mafia type stuff.
- They either go by KM car mafia or just mafia, you know what I'm saying?
- Who was big doing it to Lucy's Junior Mafia doing it to each other.
Examples
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But you're not like, you know... in the Mafia, right?
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The man had not only gone from football to the mafia, but had made the second, steeper evolutionary leap to entrepreneur.
Fiction book (1992) -
And I said, "What big Mafia case?"
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Is there any reason that you can think of why people like the Mafia would want your husband killed?
Fiction book (1992) -
That kid wants to join the Mafia.
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Let's get back to our story about the mafia and olive oil.
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We should be investigating our mafia leads here in New Orleans.
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Again, it's like the mafia wanting to get a cut from people's own earnings.
Blog text (15) -
Uncle in the Jewish mafia that runs the racetrack.
Fiction book (1992) -
RICO allowed law enforcement to get into areas that it'd never been before when it came to investigating the mafia.
Synonyms
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2.8
A group of people who commit crimes together
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7.2
A group of people who work together to do illegal things
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5.3
A group of criminals who run illegal businesses together
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7.3
A group of people who run illegal businesses together
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8.9
A secret group that plans together to gain power, often in politics
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9.9
A person who belongs to a Japanese criminal gang or the gang itself
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4.5
An organized group of criminals who work together to do illegal things
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8.9
An organized criminal group in the United States linked to the Sicilian Mafia
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9.9
An organized crime group from Naples, Italy that uses violence and blackmail
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6.7
An organized criminal group from Sicily that uses violence to control illegal businesses
A secret criminal group from Sicily that controls illegal activities
A group of dishonest people who work together to commit crimes
Compounds
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6.7
An organized criminal group from Sicily that uses violence to control illegal businesses
- Slur
A joking or critical phrase that says LGBT people secretly control media and politics
- Slur
A slang phrase for people who support LGBTQ+ rights, used to insult them as a powerful group
How Secretive
Surface Forms
Etymology
Mafia comes from the Sicilian word mafiusu, which meant 'bold' or 'proud' and was used for someone who gave 'protection' to their group. Some people also link it to an Arabic word that meant 'protection' or 'shelter'. That's why mafia today describes a group that acts together, often secretly, to protect and push its own interests.