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Maffia

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Italian.
  2. 2
    Dated form of Mafia. alt-of, dated
Noun
  1. 1
    Dated form of mafia. alt-of, dated
  2. 2
    any tightly knit group of trusted associates wordnet
  3. 3
    a secret terrorist group in Sicily; originally opposed tyranny but evolved into a criminal organization in the middle of the 19th century wordnet
  4. 4
    a crime syndicate in the United States; organized in families; believed to have important relations to the Sicilian Mafia wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Maffia.

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