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Italian Husband is using the wedding as an excuse to bury the hatchet between his family and the rival mafiosi, apparently.
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Emma Specter, Vogue, 2 May 2025
Anyway, the mafioso plot introduces an additional contract killer (Daniella Pineda) whose troubled past triggered an extreme case of acute savant syndrome.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Everyone in the studio nods along to Paco’s tough-minded flexes and mafioso folktales.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 11 Apr. 2025
Loosely, the film is nothing more than a bizarrely boring showcase for the gimmick of De Niro playing mafioso frenemies.
—Gregory Nussen, Deadline, 21 Mar. 2025
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Emma Specter, Vogue, 2 May 2025
Anyway, the mafioso plot introduces an additional contract killer (Daniella Pineda) whose troubled past triggered an extreme case of acute savant syndrome.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Everyone in the studio nods along to Paco’s tough-minded flexes and mafioso folktales.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 11 Apr. 2025
Loosely, the film is nothing more than a bizarrely boring showcase for the gimmick of De Niro playing mafioso frenemies.
—Gregory Nussen, Deadline, 21 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mafioso
Noun
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There’s also a tropical storm circulating, as if the gangsters flew in from the tropics.—
John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
12 Sep. 2025
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Others are new, building on a genuinely fresh and funny revelation that explains not only a cold open involving yakuza gangsters half a world away in Osaka, but also why this quaint town is sitting on a stash of weaponry big enough to overthrow the governments of several small nations.—
Katie Rife,
IndieWire,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In 1985, Tortora was accused by several alleged ex-mobsters turned informants and state witnesses of being part of a Neapolitan crime syndicate dedicated to drug trafficking.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
10 Sep. 2025
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He's Sofia's mobster husband who starts out as a suspect in Lester’s death before suddenly vanishing.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Whereas the Star Wars sequels woefully misused the actor's talents, this movie puts them center stage, playing one of the teen hoodlums who join forces with their victim to fight off nasty, otherworldly invaders.—
Chris Snellgrove,
EW.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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However, hoodlums and thugs who throw objects at the players give up their rights and should be removed, charged, and possibly jailed.—
Kate Plummer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Mafioso.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mafioso. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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