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Meanings of maffia in English

Russian
движение за независимость чехословакии
Wikidata

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
              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