mafia

Definitions of mafia
  1. noun
    a secret terrorist group in Sicily; originally opposed tyranny but evolved into a criminal organization in the middle of the 19th century
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    associazione criminale, criminalità, criminalità organizzata, organizzazione criminale
    underworld organizations
  2. noun
    a crime syndicate in the United States; organized in families; believed to have important relations to the Sicilian Mafia
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    genia
    a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities
  3. noun
    the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties
    synonyms: impertinenza, impudenza, insolenza, sfacciataggine, sfrontatezza
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    type of:
    ineducazione, malacreanza, maleducazione, scortesia, sgarbataggine, villania
    a manner that is rude and insulting
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