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Overview of noun mafia

The noun mafia has 3 senses


  • Mafia, Maffia, Cosa Nostra -- (a crime syndicate in the United States; organized in families; believed to have important relations to the Sicilian Mafia)

  • Mafia, Maffia, Sicilian Mafia -- (a secret terrorist group in Sicily; originally opposed tyranny but evolved into a criminal organization in the middle of the 19th century)

  • mafia, maffia -- (any tightly knit group of trusted associates)