Secret World War I organization.
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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Examples for "Mafia "
Examples for "Mafia "
1 And an attempt to answer the question: does the Stellenbosch Mafia exist?
2 However, they also happen to find themselves entangled with the Dixie Mafia .
3 The whole theory of the Mafia struck him as grotesque and theatrical.
4 Valachi named Lucky Luciano as the most important voice within the Mafia .
5 The Mafia definitely exists and hews to a higher standard of obedience.
1 They are also less involved in politics than Cosa Nostra , he said.
2 They call themselves the Cosa Nostra and come from Sicily, so I understand.
3 Every family of La Cosa Nostra west of Chicago belongs to Chicago .
4 Joseph Massino then did what many in La Cosa Nostra have always done.
5 Like Cosa Nostra before them, MS-13 expanded its operations into gambling and prostitution.
1 The investigation exposed a drug trafficking partnership between the Gambinos and the Sicilian Mafia .
2 The same divisiveness over drugs also split the Sicilian Mafia .
3 He is charged with systematic collusion with the Sicilian Mafia .
4 We understand it's an offshoot of the Sicilian Mafia .
5 Prosecutors in Italy charged him with protecting the Sicilian Mafia while in office; he was acquitted in October 1999.)
1 There is Lisa Maffia , who stands out from the crowd, and Terri Walker.
2 He was working on an epic with his model, a painter called Danny Maffia .
3 If there are such things as angels, I hope that they are organized along the lines of the Maffia .
4 Interpreting the phrase literally, the Italian reporter filed a story revealing that youthful Turkish gangsters were easing out the Maffia regulars.
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 .
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