mafia
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See also Mafia
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[edit] English
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From Italian mafia (“‘spirit of hostility to the law’”), from Sicilian mafia (“‘boldness, bravado’”), from Arabic مهجس (mahjas), “‘boasting, bragging’”).
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mafia (plural mafias)
[edit] Translations
a crime syndicate
[edit] Finnish
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mafia
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Declension of mafia (type kulkija)
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[edit] Italian
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mafia f. (plural mafie)
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[edit] Spanish
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From Italian
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mafia f. (plural mafias)
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[edit] Synonyms
- (criminal organisation): cartel