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maffia::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | cosa nostra, mafia |
| Type of | mob, crime syndicate, family, syndicate |
maffia::noun | Spocien Dictionary
a secret terrorist group in Sicily; originally opposed tyranny but evolved into a criminal organization in the middle of the 19th century
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | mafia, sicilian mafia |
| Type of | gangland, gangdom, organized crime |
Examples of maffia
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It is the typical Gold maffia post to distract things and put the blame on Blizzard.
From the forbes.com
Maffia-Tobler, an English teacher at LaSalle Institute in Troy, is white.
From the timesunion.com
The Kyivpost article is simply a report on another case of hateful propaganda sponsored and supported by the Donetsk maffia.
From the economist.com
It seems, that during the last twenty years the red-maffia with organised crimes not only stole the whole wealth of Hungary, but they contracted a debt up to the eyes of the country.
From the latimes.com
If it were all legal, heroin trade would no longer generate the huge profits for the drug maffia it does now, and the drugs could be sold for reasonable prices under prescription.
From the newscientist.com
Scholars disagree on whether the term came from maehfil, meaning union in the language of the 9th century Arab conquerors of Sicily, or from the Tuscan word maffia, signifying poverty or misery.
From the time.com
- Mafia: a crime syndicate in the United States; organized in families; believed to have important relations to the Sicilian Mafia
- Mafia: a secret terrorist group in Sicily; originally opposed tyranny but evolved into a criminal organization in the middle of the 19th century
- Mafia: any tightly knit group of trusted associates
- The Mafia (also known as Cosa Nostra) is a criminal brotherhood that emerged in the mid 19th century Sicily. It is a loose association of criminal groups that share a common organizational structure and code of conduct. ...
- The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF) was a United Kingdom government department created by the Board of Agriculture Act 1889 and at that time called the Board of Agriculture, and then from 1903 the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, and from 1919 the Ministry of Agriculture ...
- Tackhead (sometimes known as The Maffia or Fats Comet) are an industrial hip-hop group that were most active during the 1980s and early 1990s, and briefly reformed in 2004 for a tour. Their music occupies the territory where funk, dub, industrial music and electronica intersect. ...
