Mafia

See also mafia

English

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• Maffia (less common)

Etymology

Italian, originally meaning "bragging"; see the Wikipedia article for greater discussion of the origin of the word

Proper noun

the Mafia

1. (specifically) An international criminal organization of Sicilian origin operating in Italy and the United States.
2. (by extension) Any organized crime syndicate operating internationally in high-level organized crime; often with a modifying adjective, such as a nationality.

   Somehow he managed to piss off the Russian Mafia.

Synonyms

• (organization of Sicilian origin): Cosa Nostra, mob
• (any organized crime syndicate): mob

Derived terms

• Mafioso
• Mafiya (rarely used term to describe Russian "mafia" equivalents)

Translations

international criminal organisation of Sicilian origin

Czech: mafie (cs) f. Finnish: mafia (fi) German: Mafia (de) f.

Greek: Μαφία (el) (Mafía) f. Italian: Mafia (it) f.

organized criminal syndicate

Czech: mafie (cs) f. Finnish: mafia (fi)

German: Mafia (de) f. Greek: μαφία (el) (mafía) f.

See also

• Camorra
• capo
• godfather
• goodfella
• 'Ndrangheta
• omertà
• Thuggee
• Triad
• Yakuza

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German

Wikipedia ^de

Alternative forms

• Maffia

Etymology

From Italian mafia.

Noun

Mafia f. (genitive Mafia, plural Mafias)

1. Mafia