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Mafia Definition

Ma·fia (fē ə)

noun

  1. in Sicily,
    1. an attitude of popular hostility to law and government
    2. a secret society characterized by this attitude
    1. in the U.S. and elsewhere, a secret society, of Italian origin, engaged in such illegal activities as gambling, prostitution, and illicit trade in narcotics
    2. any group engaged in such activities the Russian mafia
  2. any exclusive or dominating group

Etymology: Sicilian

Mafia Usage Examples

Converse of subject

  • run: Beggars in India are professional, often run by mafias.

Converse of object

  • have: In fact the tax breaks have been designed to exclude nannies a fact that had the entire nanny mafia up in arms!
  • involve: Now, we could possibly have both the Russian mafia and the U.S. mafia involved in our elections.
  • join: Bobby, in particular, still has dreams of joining the mafia.

Adjective modifier

  • transnational: The most likely culprits, says the General, were transnational mafias and international oligarchs More.. .
  • Russian: Robbie Williams spotted in La Grange apparently with the Russian mafia.
  • Irish: Maybe O'Leary will prove ABTN wrong but the thought of the Irish mafia negotiating with the original Russian version beggars belief.
  • local: Braden's using the doll business to import Junk, for the local mafia.
  • Italian: Is this forum inhabited by half the Italian mafia?

Modifies a noun

  • boss: They remind me of a big fat mafia boss sitting in his restaurant with all the women around waiting for his orders.
  • gang: Cracking the mafia gangs involved in the sale of babies abroad is not easy for the Bulgarian police.
  • quot: Someone was selling quot mafia quot taking aim at for her various.
  • family: A Chicago mafia family descends on the sophisticated surroundings of a London Italian jazz café , The Gondola!
  • member: No other mafia member would have taken the abuse.
  • man: Robert De Niro has signed up to play a mafia man in yet another gangster film.

Noun used with modifier

  • quot: Someone was selling quot mafia quot taking aim at for her various.
  • drug: One guy who was against me was the biggest drug mafia guy in the area.
  • house: The legendary Courtyard was electro heaven with the Swedish house mafia in charge.
  • timber: The drug, fur and timber mafias are doing a raging business.

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