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maffia

'mæfiʌ

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noun
any tightly knit group of trusted associates
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mafia

type of:
pack ingroup clique inner circle coterie camp
noun
a crime syndicate in the United States; organized in families; believed to have important relations to the Sicilian Mafia
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cosa nostra mafia

type of:
mob crime syndicate family syndicate
noun
a 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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mafia sicilian mafia

type of:
gangland gangdom organized crime

Usage of maffia

"colloquialism"