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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