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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))
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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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