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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. Maffianoun

    A less common spelling of Mafia.

Wikipedia

  1. Maffia

    Maffia (Maffie or Mafie in Czech) was a secret organization acting during World War I. It was founded after emigration of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk in 1914 by Czech politician Edvard Beneš, who later became second president of Czechoslovakia, and others main anti-royalist (Karel Kramář, Alois Rašín, Josef Scheiner and Přemysl Šámal). Maffia was based on the principles of Sicilian Mafia (name "Maffia"); it was a central part of the First Czechoslovak Resistance and its main objective was to overthrow the Emperor of Austria and to cause the disintegration of his country. Maffia plot against Austria-Hungary and Central Powers was revealed by police in 1915; some members of Maffia (Karel Kramář, Alois Rašín, Vincent Červinka and Josef Zamazal) were arrested and sentenced to death (they were later amnestied by emperor Charles I.); Edvard Beneš escaped from Austria-Hungary to Switzerland in 3 September 1915, but subversive activities of Maffia continued, under the leadership of Přemysl Šámal, until the end of the First World War. Maffia had over 200 members and it was supported from abroad (US, Italy etc.).

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  1. maffia

    Maffia, often spelled as 'mafia', refers to a highly organized international body of criminals, originating from Sicily in Italy, known for its secretive operations, use of violence, and involvement in various illegal activities such as drug trafficking, gambling, and prostitution. It is also a term used to describe similar criminal organizations around the world or in certain areas of crimes such as corrupt businesses or politics. These organizations are typically characterized by a hierarchical structure and a code of secrecy, also known as "omerta."

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Maffia

    a Sicilian secret society which aims at boycotting the law-courts, superseding the law, and ruling the island; its chief weapon is the boycott; violence is only resorted to for vengeance; funds are raised by blackmail; popular support enables it to control elections, avoid legal proceedings, and influence industrial questions. The Italian government try in vain to put it down.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. MAFFIA

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Maffia is ranked #41359 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Maffia surname appeared 526 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Maffia.

    92.9% or 489 total occurrences were White.
    4.1% or 22 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.3% or 7 total occurrences were Asian.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of maffia in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of maffia in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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