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mafia

/'mɑfiə/

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noun
any tightly knit group of trusted associates
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maffia

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 maffia

type of:
mob crime syndicate family syndicate
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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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maffia sicilian mafia

type of:
gangland gangdom organized crime

Usage of mafia

"colloquialism"