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si·cil·ian mafi·a

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. 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

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  1. sicilian mafia

    The Sicilian Mafia, also known as Cosa Nostra, is a criminal syndicate that emerged in the mid-19th century in Sicily, Italy. This organization conducts illegal activities like protection racketeering, arbitrating disputes between criminals, and organizing and overseeing illegal agreements and transactions. It is known for its rigorous code of conduct and structure, including the initiation ritual to enter, and its hierarchical organization. It functions on the basis of clans or families, each led by a boss who has a reputation for violence, loyalty, and proficiency in organizing crime.

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  1. Sicilian Mafia

    The Mafia is a criminal syndicate that emerged in the mid-nineteenth century in Sicily, Italy. It is a loose association of criminal groups that share a common organizational structure and code of conduct, and whose common enterprise is protection racketeering. Each group, known as a "family", "clan", or "cosca", claims sovereignty over a territory in which it operates its rackets – usually a town or village or a neighbourhood of a larger city. Its members call themselves "men of honour", although the public often refers to them as "mafiosi". According to the classic definition, the Mafia is a criminal organization originating in Sicily. However, the term "mafia" has become a generic term for any organized criminal network with similar structure, methods, and interests. The Mafia proper frequently parallels, collaborates with or clashes with, networks originating in other parts of southern Italy, such as the Camorra, the 'Ndrangheta, the Stidda and the Sacra Corona Unita. Giovanni Falcone, the anti-Mafia judge murdered by the Mafia in 1992, however, objected to the conflation of the term "Mafia" with organized crime in general:

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of sicilian mafia in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of sicilian mafia in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7


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  • المافيا sicilianArabic
  • مافیای سیسیلیPersian
  • सिसिलियन माफियाHindi
  • mafia sicilianaItalian
  • سوسنس مافیاUrdu

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