mafia
- Proper noun. (context, specifically) An international criminal organization of Sicilian origin operating in Italy and the United States.
- Proper noun. (by extension) Any organized crime syndicate operating internationally in high-level organized crime; (non-gloss definition, often with a modifying adjective, such as a nationality) .
- Noun. A crime syndicate.
- Noun. A trusted group of associates of a political leader.
- Noun. An in-group.
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