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English noun: Maffia | |||
| 1. | Maffia (group) a crime syndicate in the United States; organized in families; believed to have important relations to the Sicilian Mafia | ||
| Synonyms | Cosa Nostra, Mafia | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | crime syndicate, family, mob, syndicate | ||
| Member holonym | mafioso | ||
| Domain category members | omerta | ||
| 2. | Maffia (group) a secret terrorist group in Sicily; originally opposed tyranny but evolved into a criminal organization in the middle of the 19th century | ||
| Synonyms | Mafia, Sicilian Mafia | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | gangdom, gangland, organized crime | ||
| Member holonym | mafioso | ||
| Domain category | act of terrorism, terrorism, terrorist act | ||
| 3. | maffia (group) any tightly knit group of trusted associates | ||
| Synonyms | mafia | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | camp, clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, pack | ||
| Domain usage | colloquialism | ||
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