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 Definitions of mafia  [ˈmɑ fi ə, ˈmæf i ə]  

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Definition of 'mafia' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) Mafia
a secret organization allegedly engaged in criminal activities in the U.S., Italy, and elsewhere.

2.  Mafia
(in Sicily)

3.  Mafia
(l.c.) a spirit of hostility to the law.

4.  Mafia
a 19th-century secret society that acted in this spirit.

5.  Mafia
(l.c.) any influential clique.

Etymology:  (1870–75; < It < Sicilian: orig., elegance, bravura, courage (orig. obscure))

Definition of 'mafia' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) Mafia, Maffia, Cosa Nostra
a crime syndicate in the United States; organized in families; believed to have important relations to the Sicilian Mafia

2. (noun) Mafia, Maffia, Sicilian Mafia
a secret terrorist group in Sicily; originally opposed tyranny but evolved into a criminal organization in the middle of the 19th century

3. (noun) mafia, maffia
any tightly knit group of trusted associates



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