What does Mafia mean?

Definitions for Mafia
ˈmɑ fi ə, ˈmæf i əmafi·a

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Mafia, Maffia, Cosa Nostranoun

    a crime syndicate in the United States; organized in families; believed to have important relations to the Sicilian Mafia

  2. Mafia, Maffia, Sicilian Mafianoun

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

  3. mafia, maffianoun

    any tightly knit group of trusted associates

Wiktionary

  1. Mafianoun

    An international criminal organization of Sicilian origin operating in Italy and the United States.

  2. Mafianoun

    Any organized crime syndicate operating internationally in high-level organized crime; .

    Somehow he managed to piss off the Russian Mafia.

  3. mafianoun

    A crime syndicate

  4. mafianoun

    A trusted group of associates of a political leader

  5. mafianoun

    An in-group

  6. Etymology: From mafia, from mafia, from مهجس.

ChatGPT

  1. mafia

    Mafia refers to a highly organized international body of criminals, originating from Sicily, Italy, having a complex and ruthless behavioral code and involved in various activities such as illegal gambling, drug smuggling, prostitution, extortion, and other criminal operations. The term can also broadly refer to any organized group involved in secret or criminal activities.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Mafia in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Mafia in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of Mafia in a Sentence

  1. Defence Ministry Undersecretary Gioacchino Alfano:

    Threats don't frighten people like Angelino Alfano, who have always stood firm against organized crime. We are all with Alfano against all mafia.

  2. Dennis McKinsey:

    If God kills, lies, cheats, discriminates, and otherwise behaves in a manner that puts the Mafia to shame, that's Okay, he's God. He can do whatever he wants. Anyone who adheres to this philosophy has had his sense of morality, decency, justice and humaneness warped beyond recognition by the very book that is supposedly preaching the opposite.

  3. Giovanni Gambino:

    The Mafia has a bad reputation, but much of that's undeserved, as with everything in life, there are good, bad and ugly parts – the rise of global terrorism gives the Mafia a chance to show its good side.

  4. Ted Cruz:

    The focus needs to be on Hunter Biden, this is not about Hunter Biden, any more than if you're going after the mafia and you catch some low-level enforcer, or you're going after a drug cartel and you catch some mule who swallowed balloons full of heroin.

  5. Alfonso Sabella:

    Rome is unfortunately fundamentally corrupt, this is not your traditional mafia involved in drug dealing or extortion rackets. This is something original.

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  • Liaqat Ali
    Liaqat Ali
    the sign of sicilain mafia explain plz
    LikeReply4 years ago
  • Liaqat Ali
    Liaqat Ali
    how to know about the sign of sicilian mafia
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