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

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

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

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

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.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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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1. mafia

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Matched Categories

1. • Clique
   • Organized Crime
   • Syndicate
   • Terrorism

How to pronounce MAFIA?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say MAFIA in sign language?

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. John Dickie:

   His network has been pruned over the years and the Mafia has been weakened by arrests, the Mafia was different 30 years ago, it was much stronger.

2. Seth Ferranti:

   I was surprised Alpo was being that bold and brash – the dude is not bulletproof, a lot of these Mafia mobsters are on YouTube or the internet as well-known informants enjoying their notoriety and their infamy on social media but they’re even not going back to where they’re from.

3. Peter Schiff:

   Asking government to report inflation is like asking mafia to report on crime.

4. Lopez Obrador mixed baseball terms:

   We're going to continue subjecting the 'mafia of power' to strikeouts.

5. House Democrats:

   What those notes reflect is a classic Mafia-like shakedown of a foreign leader.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=MAFIA
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Mafia
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com