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Meanings of Maffia in English

Russian
движение за независимость чехословакии
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Secret World War I organization.

        Related terms
        движение за независимость чехословакии
        Portuguese
        cosa nostra
        Catalan
        màfia
        Spanish
        cosa nostra

        A secret terrorist group in Sicily; originally opposed tyranny but evolved into a criminal organization in the middle of the 19th century.

              cosa nostra
              Synonyms
              Examples for "Mafia"
              Examples for "Mafia"
              1
              And an attempt to answer the question: does the Stellenbosch Mafia exist?
              The South African
              2
              However, they also happen to find themselves entangled with the Dixie Mafia.
              Ebony
              3
              The whole theory of the Mafia struck him as grotesque and theatrical.
              The Net
              4
              Valachi named Lucky Luciano as the most important voice within the Mafia.
              A quiet vendetta
              5
              The Mafia definitely exists and hews to a higher standard of obedience.
              Snow Crash
              1
              They are also less involved in politics than Cosa Nostra, he said.
              BBC
              2
              They call themselves the Cosa Nostra and come from Sicily, so I understand.
              Tell me, pretty maiden
              3
              Every family of La Cosa Nostra west of Chicago belongs to Chicago .
              The outfit: the role of chicago's underworld in the shaping of m...
              4
              Joseph Massino then did what many in La Cosa Nostra have always done.
              King of the godfathers: "big joey" massino and the fall of the b...
              5
              Like Cosa Nostra before them, MS-13 expanded its operations into gambling and prostitution.
              Consent to kill: a thriller
              1
              The investigation exposed a drug trafficking partnership between the Gambinos and the Sicilian Mafia.
              Radio NZ
              2
              The same divisiveness over drugs also split the Sicilian Mafia.
              King of the godfathers: "big joey" massino and the fall of the b...
              3
              He is charged with systematic collusion with the Sicilian Mafia.
              The Irish Times
              4
              We understand it's an offshoot of the Sicilian Mafia.
              The Net
              5
              Prosecutors in Italy charged him with protecting the Sicilian Mafia while in office; he was acquitted in October 1999.)
              The sinatra files: the secret fbi dossier
              Usage of Maffia in English
              1
              There is Lisa Maffia, who stands out from the crowd, and Terri Walker.
              The Guardian
              2
              He was working on an epic with his model, a painter called Danny Maffia.
              The new yorker
              3
              If there are such things as angels, I hope that they are organized along the lines of the Maffia.
              The Sirens of Titan
              4
              Interpreting the phrase literally, the Italian reporter filed a story revealing that youthful Turkish gangsters were easing out the Maffia regulars.
              The new yorker
              5
              But the recession has bitten hard, with the UK's answer to the Wu-Tang now downsized to a trio of Mega Man, Romeo and Lisa Maffia.
              The Guardian