Defenition of the word mafia

• Defenition of the word mafia

  • A crime syndicate.
  • (informal) any tightly knit group of trusted associates
  • a crime syndicate in the United States; organized in families; believed to have important relations to the Sicilian Mafia
  • a secret terrorist group in Sicily; originally opposed tyranny but evolved into a criminal organization in the middle of the 19th century
  • any tightly knit group of trusted associates

Synonyms for the word mafia

• • Cosa Nostra
  • maffia
  • Mafia
  • Sicilian Mafia

Hypernyms for the word mafia

• • camp
  • clique
  • coterie
  • crime syndicate
  • family
  • gangdom
  • gangland
  • ingroup
  • inner circle
  • mob
  • organized crime
  • pack
  • syndicate

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