Definition of Mafia. Meaning of Mafia. Synonyms of Mafia

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Definition of Mafia

Mafia
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.

Meaning of Mafia from wikipedia

- definition of mafia at Wiktionary Albanian mafia American Mafia Armenian mafia Azerbaijani mafia Bulgarian mafia Georgian mafia Gr**** mafia Indian mafia Israeli...
- The American Mafia, commonly referred to in North America as the Italian-American Mafia, the Mafia, or the Mob, is a highly organized Italian-American...
- Sicilian Mafia or Cosa Nostra (Italian: [ˈkɔːza ˈnɔstra, ˈkɔːsa -], Sicilian: [ˈkɔːsa ˈnɔʂː(ɽ)a]; "our thing"), also referred to as simply Mafia, is a criminal...
- Mafia!, also known as Jane Austen's Mafia!, is a 1998 American crime comedy film directed by Jim Abrahams and starring Jay Mohr, Lloyd Bridges (in one...
- The "PayPal Mafia" is a group of former PayPal employees and founders who have since founded and/or developed additional technology companies based in...
- Sicilian Mafia, the original "Mafia", often referred to simply as "the Mafia" American Mafia, an Italian-American offshoot of the original Sicilian Mafia often...
- The Russian mafia (Russian: ру́сская ма́фия, romanized: russkaya mafiya [ˈruskəjə ˈmafʲɪjə] or росси́йская ма́фия, rossiyskaya mafiya [rɐˈsʲijskəjə ˈmafʲɪjə])...
- (/əndræŋˈɡɛtə/, Italian: [nˈdraŋɡeta], Calabrian: [(ɳ)ˈɖɽaɲɟɪta]) is an Italian mafia-type criminal syndicate, based in the peninsular region of Calabria and...
- The Black Mafia Family (BMF) is a drug trafficking and money laundering organization in the United States. It was founded in 1985, in Southwest Detroit...
- The Mexican Mafia (Spanish: Mafia Mexicana), also known as La eMe (Spanish for "the M"), is a predominantly Mexican American prison gang and criminal...