mafia

See also Mafia

English

Etymology

See Mafia. The sense "entity which attempts to control a specified arena" makes an analogy to crime-syndicate mafias' attempts to control certain kinds of business in the regions in which they exist.

Noun

mafia (plural mafias)

1. A crime syndicate.
2. A trusted group of associates, as of a political leader.
3. (in compound terms such as "moral mafia") An entity which attempts to control a specified arena.

   the digital mafia

   the literary mafia

Translations

a crime syndicate

• Arabic: مافيا (ar) (māfiyā) f
• Armenian: մաֆիա (hy) (mafia)
• Belarusian: мафія (be) (máfija) f
• Bulgarian: мафия (bg) (máfija) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 黑手黨 (cmn), 黑手党 (cmn) (hēishǒudǎng), 秘密政黨 (cmn), 秘密政党 (cmn) (mìmì zhèngdǎng), 秘密集團 (cmn), 秘密集团 (cmn) (mìmì jítuán)

• Czech: mafie (cs) f
• Dutch: mafia (nl) m
• Finnish: mafia (fi)
• French: mafia (fr) f
• Georgian: მაფია (ka) (mapia)
• German: Mafia (de) f
• Greek: μαφία (el) (mafía) f

• Italian: mafia (it) f
• Japanese: マフィア (ja) (mafia), 秘密集団 (ja) (himitsu shūdan), (Japanese mafia) やくざ (ja) (yakuza), 黒手党 (ja) (こくしゅとう, kokushutō)
• Korean: 마피아 (ko) (mapia)
• Macedonian: мафија (mk) (máfija) f
• Portuguese: máfia (pt) f
• Russian: мафия (ru) (máfija) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: мафија (sh) f

  Roman: mafija (sh) f

• Spanish: mafia (es) f
• Turkish: mafya (tr)
• Ukrainian: мафія (uk) (máfija) f
• Vietnamese: xã hội đen (vi)

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Finnish

Noun

mafia

1. mafia

Declension

Declension of mafia (type kulkija) singular plural nominative mafia mafiat genitive mafian mafioiden mafioitten mafiain1 partitive mafiaa mafioita accusative mafia mafian mafiat inessive mafiassa mafioissa elative mafiasta mafioista illative mafiaan mafioihin adessive mafialla mafioilla ablative mafialta mafioilta allative mafialle mafioille essive mafiana mafioina translative mafiaksi mafioiksi instructive – mafioin abessive mafiatta mafioitta comitative – mafioineen 1) Rare.

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French

Noun

mafia f (plural mafias)

1. The Mafia

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Italian

Wikipedia ^it

Noun

mafia f (plural mafie)

1. The Mafia (International organized crime organization)
2. mafia (Individual branch)
3. arrogance

Derived terms

• mafioso

Descendants

• German: Mafia

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Spanish

Etymology

From Italian

Noun

mafia f (plural mafias)

1. Mafia (Italian Mafia)
2. Mafia (any criminal organisation)

Synonyms

• (criminal organisation): cartel

Related terms

• mafioso