Maffia

Definitions of Maffia
  1. noun
    a crime syndicate in the United States; organized in families; believed to have important relations to the Sicilian Mafia
    synonyms: Cosa Nostra, Mafia
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    type of:
    crime syndicate, family, mob, syndicate
    a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities
  2. noun
    a secret terrorist group in Sicily; originally opposed tyranny but evolved into a criminal organization in the middle of the 19th century
    synonyms: Mafia, Sicilian Mafia
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    type of:
    gangdom, gangland, organized crime
    underworld organizations
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