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

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   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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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. Sher Khan:

   We have suggested to the government that it should increase the royalty to at least 2,000 rupees( $ 20) per cubic foot, to discourage locals from working with the timber mafia.

2. David Schmid:

   If you were to make a really explicitly violent Mafia movie, that wouldn't be so popular with the audience, the audience would prefer to be carried away by the romance of the quintessentially immigrant narrative where a person goes from nothing to becoming a godfather.

3. Shifty Schiff:

   It's clear it's mocking the President and just as clearly the President doesn't like being mocked, but it was a mafia kind of... organized crime shakedown, if the President wasn't attacking me about this, he'd be attacking about something else.

4. Manager Tahsin Yasin:

   We are dealing with a completely unprofessional mafia who are there simply to extort as much as they can while in office.

5. Georgetown University Nicholas Palarino:

   Zawahiri is clearly very angry and frustrated that the Islamic State has been attacking him, attacking his soldiers on the ground, attacking him personally. you can compare it to two drug gangs, or two mafia mobs. One is encroaching on the other's territory.

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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