mafia
A hierarchically structured secret organisation engaged in illegal activities like…A hierarchically structured secret organisation engaged in illegal activities like distribution of narcotics, gambling and extortion.
» His grandfather worked for the mafia.
Значення
значень: 4A hierarchically structured secret organisation engaged in illegal activities like distribution of narcotics, gambling and extortion.
A crime syndicate.
Mafia
ма́фияmáfija
ма́фіяmáfija
a crime syndicate in the United States; organized in families; believed to have important relations to the Sicilian Mafia
A trusted group of associates, as of a political leader.
any tightly knit group of trusted associates
(у складних словах)An entity which attempts to control a specified arena by violence or threats.
moral mafia
Приклади
речень: 52His grandfather worked for the mafia.
He sold weapons to the mafia.
Algeria needs to fight its corrupt mafia.
I've got the mafia looking for me.
I take part of the alphabet mafia.
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мов: 9За значеннями 1
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Походження
See Mafia. The sense "entity which attempts to control a specified arena" makes an analogySee 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.
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Форми
множина: mafiasСиноніми
синонімів: 3- any tightly knit group of trusted associates:maffia
- a secret terrorist group in Sicily; originally opposed tyranny but evolved into a criminal organization in the middle of the 19th century:MaffiaSicilian Mafia
- a crime syndicate in the United States; organized in families; believed to have important relations to the Sicilian Mafia:MaffiaCosa Nostra