Mafias

Synonyms for "mafias" (9 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Noun(2 words)
clancrime network

Strong matches (3)

Noun(3 words)
crime ringcrime syndicatecriminal organization

Related words (4)

Noun(4 words)
criminal syndicateexclusive networkorganized crime groupsecret society

Related word relations

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4 relation types

More general

4 entries
criminal enterprisecriminal organizationinformal networksocial organization

More specific

4 entries
Calabrian MafiaLa Cosa NostraSicilian Mafiasecret society

Collocations

6 entries
La Cosa Nostramafia familiesmafia influencemafia networksmafia operationsregional mafia

Derivations

2 entries

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

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Investigative journalist Roberto Saviano, author of Gomorra, a bestseller on the Naples-based Camorra mafia, told la Repubblica newspaper, “The pandemic is the ideal place for mafias, and the reason is simple — if you are hungry, you are looking for bread; it does not matter which oven it is baked from and who it is distributing it.”

Source: tatoeba (8794456)

Armado de Andres, who is with the United Nations' anti-narcotics office, says there are already little regional mafias cooperating with major South American and European cartels in smuggling drugs.

Source: tatoeba (12111566)

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