the Mafia

noun

: a secret criminal organization in Italy

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But in late 2020, after a wallop of new deactivations, the Mafia seemed to finally hit a wall. Lauren Smiley, WIRED, 10 July 2024 Mafia Others have questioned whether the Mafia may have been responsible for Kennedy's murder. Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025 My biggest surprise was the omnipresence of the Mafia in presidential politics for much of the last century. Eric Dezenhall, airmail.news, 18 Jan. 2025 On the other, writing about the Mafia is to write about life, family, love, betrayal and brotherhood. Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for the Mafia 

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“The Mafia.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Mafia. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.

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