Mafia

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noun

1. a crime syndicate in the United States;
organized in families;
believed to have important relations to the Sicilian Mafia
• Syn:
Maffia, Cosa Nostra
• Members of this Topic:
omerta
• Hypernyms:
syndicate, crime syndicate, mob, family
• Member Meronyms:
mafioso
2. a secret terrorist group in Sicily;
originally opposed tyranny but evolved into a criminal organization in the middle of the 19th century
• Syn:
Maffia, Sicilian Mafia
• Topics:
terrorism, act of terrorism, terrorist act
• Hypernyms:
organized crime, gangland, gangdom
• Member Meronyms:
mafioso