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Cosa nostra

//ˈkoʊzəˈnoʊstɹə// name

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The Sicilian Mafia.
Noun
  1. 1
    a crime syndicate in the United States; organized in families; believed to have important relations to the Sicilian Mafia wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian and Sicilian Cosa nostra (literally “our thing”).

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