Mafia
1. a crime syndicate in the United States; organized in families; believed to have important relations to the Sicilian Mafia • Syn: Maffia, Cosa Nostra • Members of this Topic: omerta • Hypernyms: syndicate, crime syndicate, mob, family • Member Meronyms: mafioso 2. a secret terrorist group in Sicily; originally opposed tyranny but evolved into a criminal organization in the middle of the 19th century • Syn: Maffia, Sicilian Mafia • Topics: terrorism, act of terrorism, terrorist act • Hypernyms: organized crime, gangland, gangdom • Member Meronyms: mafioso
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