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mafia |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Maffia \Maf"fi*a\, Mafia \Ma"fi*a\, n. [It. maffia.] A secret society which organized in Sicily as a political organization, but is now widespread among Italians, and is used to further or protect private interests, reputedly by illegal methods. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Mafia n 1: a crime syndicate in the United States; organized in families; believed to have important relations to the Sicilian Mafia [syn: {Mafia}, {Maffia}, {Cosa Nostra}] 2: a secret terrorist group in Sicily; originally opposed tyranny but evolved into a criminal organization in the middle of the 19th century [syn: {Mafia}, {Maffia}, {Sicilian Mafia}] 3: (informal) any tightly knit group of trusted associates [syn: {maffia}]
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