Mafia
noun
A secret organization involved in illegal activities, such as crime and corruption.
He was suspected to be a member of the Italian mafia.
Often appears as...
- mafia boss
- mafia member
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Colloquial
noun
Any organized group using bullying or other methods to control or affect people or systems.
The city was under the control of a political mafia.
Often appears as...
- political mafia
- corporate mafia
Usage tips
Colloquial
noun
A secret organization involved in illegal activities, such as crime and corruption.
He was suspected to be a member of the Italian mafia.
Often appears as...
- mafia boss
- mafia member
Usage tips
Colloquial
noun
Any organized group using bullying or other methods to control or affect people or systems.
The city was under the control of a political mafia.
Often appears as...
- political mafia
- corporate mafia
Usage tips
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Crime Network
Refers to a structured group often involved in organized crime and illegal activities.
The mafia laundered money through various businesses.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Associations
Commonly associated with Italian organized crime but also used for similar groups worldwide.
The show depicted the Russian mafia's operations.
Pro Tip 3/3Colloquial Usage
Often used in informal contexts to describe organized crime groups, not in formal/legal documents.
He joked about the school cafeteria's 'mafia' controlling snack prices.
Pro Tip 1/3Crime Network
Refers to a structured group often involved in organized crime and illegal activities.
The mafia laundered money through various businesses.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Associations
Commonly associated with Italian organized crime but also used for similar groups worldwide.
The show depicted the Russian mafia's operations.
Pro Tip 3/3Colloquial Usage
Often used in informal contexts to describe organized crime groups, not in formal/legal documents.
He joked about the school cafeteria's 'mafia' controlling snack prices.
Pro Tip 1/3Crime Network
Refers to a structured group often involved in organized crime and illegal activities.
The mafia laundered money through various businesses.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Associations
Commonly associated with Italian organized crime but also used for similar groups worldwide.
The show depicted the Russian mafia's operations.
Pro Tip 3/3Colloquial Usage
Often used in informal contexts to describe organized crime groups, not in formal/legal documents.
He joked about the school cafeteria's 'mafia' controlling snack prices.
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Investigating the...
and we've got a network of receivers out here in the bay we started finding that actually the whale sharks don't leave they just move slightly further offshore and slightly deeper and they don't come to the surface quite as often one of my jobs while I'm here mafia is to take tissue biopsies of the whale sharks usually those bits of tissue that less
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Why should you read...
Shakespeare's language and characters have entered our cultural consciousness to a rare extent. Directors often use the story to shed light on abuses of power, ranging from the American mafia to dictators across the globe. The play has been adapted to film many times,
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Man vs. Mob PIPE National...
member of the Mafia controls Chicago's judges politicians and police force the feds think he must have a death wish they said you know are you okay are you sick and I said no I'm not sick but why do you want to do this and I said it's
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The surprising cause of...
Fervent proponents of this idea were referred to as the acid mafia. The biggest hole in this theory was that antiacids only provide temporary relief. We now know that some rare ulcers are indeed caused by too much hydrochloric acid.
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Instinctual Communication...
true a way of communicating the more you do that even though you're not petting you're changing state of mind yeah okay we all have to help and so the participation of everybody can help mafia and definitely mafia is going to
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A genealogical journey PIPE...
Mafia and Jersey Shore culture eventually I wrote a novel based on our family stories thousands of people have said that the book parallels their own immigrant family history and that it is open windows to their past I
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Use art to turn the...
where the mafia sometimes bury the garbage under the ground. In some ways, art can change the world. Art is not supposed to change the world, to change practical things, but to change perceptions. Art can change
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Who are the Water Mafia...
And as the black market water trade became more organized, the trucks got bigger, the people who were controlling it got richer. Now the water mafia behaves in a way that this water will last forever,
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CA Finalist PIPE National...
so that's the bars part of which a the violence one of them is called mafia yes mafia and it's biggest city kill and uh D if I could go anywhere in the world it would be to the island of Thera or site
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The Rise of the Cali...
It is a marriage of convenience between Colombia's Cali cartel and the Italian mafia.
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Investigating the...
and we've got a network of receivers out here in the bay we started finding that actually the whale sharks don't leave they just move slightly further offshore and slightly deeper and they don't come to the surface quite as often one of my jobs while I'm here mafia is to take tissue biopsies of the whale sharks usually those bits of tissue that less
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Why should you read...
Shakespeare's language and characters have entered our cultural consciousness to a rare extent. Directors often use the story to shed light on abuses of power, ranging from the American mafia to dictators across the globe. The play has been adapted to film many times,
Video examples
Man vs. Mob PIPE National...
member of the Mafia controls Chicago's judges politicians and police force the feds think he must have a death wish they said you know are you okay are you sick and I said no I'm not sick but why do you want to do this and I said it's
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The surprising cause of...
Fervent proponents of this idea were referred to as the acid mafia. The biggest hole in this theory was that antiacids only provide temporary relief. We now know that some rare ulcers are indeed caused by too much hydrochloric acid.
Video examples
Instinctual Communication...
true a way of communicating the more you do that even though you're not petting you're changing state of mind yeah okay we all have to help and so the participation of everybody can help mafia and definitely mafia is going to
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A genealogical journey PIPE...
Mafia and Jersey Shore culture eventually I wrote a novel based on our family stories thousands of people have said that the book parallels their own immigrant family history and that it is open windows to their past I
Video examples
Use art to turn the...
where the mafia sometimes bury the garbage under the ground. In some ways, art can change the world. Art is not supposed to change the world, to change practical things, but to change perceptions. Art can change
Video examples
Who are the Water Mafia...
And as the black market water trade became more organized, the trucks got bigger, the people who were controlling it got richer. Now the water mafia behaves in a way that this water will last forever,
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CA Finalist PIPE National...
so that's the bars part of which a the violence one of them is called mafia yes mafia and it's biggest city kill and uh D if I could go anywhere in the world it would be to the island of Thera or site
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The Rise of the Cali...
It is a marriage of convenience between Colombia's Cali cartel and the Italian mafia.
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Nathan Fillion
Canadian Actor
You know, Castle's the kind of guy that when he meets somebody, that's a connection for him. He remains connected to the people that he meets. That's the kind of guy he is, be they criminals, gangster rappers, mafia guys, art thieves, whoever it is, he nurtures those relationships.
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Giuliana Rancic
American Journalist
A rumor that followed me forever was that my family was in the mafia. For years I had to live with it. They'd call me the mafia princess, so I rolled with it for the rest of high school. People even joke about it today.
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Yulia Tymoshenko
Ukrainian Politician
The post-Soviet mafia wove a spider's web of dirty money around the world. Where better to attack it than to start with the Ukrainian criminal heavyweights - the 'family' and its closest circle?
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Sophie Hannah
British Poet
I never write about CIA conspiracies or the FBI or mafia or anything like that because I just don't understand that world. But I think I do understand individual human harmfulness.
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David Remnick
American Journalist
There is no single field of activity, not a single institution, free of the most brutal sort of corruption. Russia has bred a world-class mafia.
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James Gandolfini
American Actor
I lost 30 pounds to play my character in 'The Mexican', but people don't take to skinny mafia men, and I don't feel right when I'm thin.
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Jason Statham
British Actor
People love stories about the mafia: 'The Godfather,' 'American Gangster.
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Davy Jones
English Musician
The Monkees are like the mafia. You're in for life. Nobody gets out.
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Johnny Kelly
American Musician
Wherever there's opportunity, the mafia will be there.
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Hari Nef
American Actress
I want to start the trans mafia one day.
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Nathan Fillion
Canadian Actor
You know, Castle's the kind of guy that when he meets somebody, that's a connection for him. He remains connected to the people that he meets. That's the kind of guy he is, be they criminals, gangster rappers, mafia guys, art thieves, whoever it is, he nurtures those relationships.
Quote examples
Giuliana Rancic
American Journalist
A rumor that followed me forever was that my family was in the mafia. For years I had to live with it. They'd call me the mafia princess, so I rolled with it for the rest of high school. People even joke about it today.
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Yulia Tymoshenko
Ukrainian Politician
The post-Soviet mafia wove a spider's web of dirty money around the world. Where better to attack it than to start with the Ukrainian criminal heavyweights - the 'family' and its closest circle?
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Sophie Hannah
British Poet
I never write about CIA conspiracies or the FBI or mafia or anything like that because I just don't understand that world. But I think I do understand individual human harmfulness.
Quote examples
David Remnick
American Journalist
There is no single field of activity, not a single institution, free of the most brutal sort of corruption. Russia has bred a world-class mafia.
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James Gandolfini
American Actor
I lost 30 pounds to play my character in 'The Mexican', but people don't take to skinny mafia men, and I don't feel right when I'm thin.
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Jason Statham
British Actor
People love stories about the mafia: 'The Godfather,' 'American Gangster.
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Davy Jones
English Musician
The Monkees are like the mafia. You're in for life. Nobody gets out.
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Johnny Kelly
American Musician
Wherever there's opportunity, the mafia will be there.
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Hari Nef
American Actress
I want to start the trans mafia one day.
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