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nounany tightly knit group of trusted associates
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nouna crime syndicate in the United States; organized in families; believed to have important relations to the Sicilian Mafia
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nouna secret terrorist group in Sicily; originally opposed tyranny but evolved into a criminal organization in the middle of the 19th century
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Definition that contains mafia
- mafia a crime syndicate in the United States; organized in families; believed to have important relations to the Sicilian Mafia
- mafioso a member of the Mafia crime syndicate in the United States
- mafioso a member of the Sicilian Mafia
- omerta a code of silence practiced by the Mafia; a refusal to give evidence to the police about criminal activities
- maffia a crime syndicate in the United States; organized in families; believed to have important relations to the Sicilian Mafia
- cosa nostra a crime syndicate in the United States; organized in families; believed to have important relations to the Sicilian Mafia
- armata corsa a terrorist organization founded in 1999 to oppose the link between nationalists and the Corsican mafia
- corsican army a terrorist organization founded in 1999 to oppose the link between nationalists and the Corsican mafia