Cosa Nostra

(kō′sə nōstrə)

  1. Mafia, esp. the Mafia in the U.S.
  2. any exclusive, dominating organization or group

Origin: It, our thing, our affair

See Cosa Nostra in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
The Mafia operating in the United States.

Origin:

Origin: Italian, our concern

Origin: : cosa, thing, affair

Origin: + nostra

Origin: , feminine of nostro, our

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