A secret terrorist group in Sicily; originally opposed tyranny but evolved into a criminal organization in the middle of the 19th century.
1 Their Italian former business partner has denied having connections with the mafia .
2 He is being charged with mafia links and drug-trafficking among other crimes.
3 The growth of a vicious mafia has its parallels in Western countries.
4 The sequel destroyed what few illusions he possessed about Russia's mafia state.
5 That's my experience in dealing with mafia corpses in the Hudson River.
6 He also remained a player among the British music industry's gay mafia .
7 Expect a bloodbath, a genuine mafia gangland war over territory and spoils.
8 It has felt like a plot-line from Gomorrah, the Neapolitan mafia drama.
9 I play a Russian Israeli mafia boss, I mean... she's properly evil.
10 People often ask me if I'm afraid the mafia will kill me.
11 The mafia 's exploitation of the migrant crisis extends far beyond Sicily.
12 The words of the minister of the interior are mafia - type words.
13 Other armed groups - mafia - want to come for it.
14 Bobby Kennedy's made the mafia public enemy number two-afterJimmy Hoffa.
15 The associated media coverage has seen Koh Tao characterised as mafia - run .
16 Like a mafia enforcer the bird uses violence to ensure co-operation.
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