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Mafia Definition


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Mafia
noun Mafias
    1. A secret international criminal organization, originating in Sicily, that controls numerous illegal activities worldwide, especially in Italy and the US.
      Form: the Mafia
    2. Any group that exerts a secret and powerful influence, especially one that uses unscrupulous or ruthless criminal methods.
      Form: mafia (often)
Etymology: 19c: Sicilian Italian, literally ‘hostility to the law'.



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