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

   Song lyrics by mafia -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by mafia on the Lyrics.com website.

Matched Categories

1. • Clique
   • Organized Crime
   • Syndicate
   • Terrorism

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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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. Luiz Felipe Maia:

   You talk about gaming and people think about fraud, money laundering, mafia and addiction.

2. Ted Cruz:

   There have been multiple media reports about Donald's business dealings with the mob, with the mafia. Now maybe his tax returns show that those business dealings are a lot more extensive than has been reported.

3. Joydeep Gupta:

   There is a huge tanker mafia problem, but it's the only way they get water.

4. Giancarlo Caselli:

   Mafiosi do not operate in a vacuum. They are inside, intertwined with a system of relationships, of complicities, without which they could not carry out their criminal activities, without which they could not remain fugitives, they are in relationships that involve professionals, entrepreneurs, public administrators, politicians, individuals who flank their organization and form the so-called Mafia bourgeoisie, or gray zone.

5. Italian President Sergio Mattarella:

   In all these years I've always tried to emphasize and to promote the need to combat the Mafia, because it is a cancer which is oppressive and which stifles everybody's freedom and reduces the possibility for the areas in which it's present to prosper and to develop.

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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
4. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=mafia