Similar words: permafrost, prima facie, afire, afield, loafing, fiat, mala fide, data file. Meaning: ['mæfɪə] 
n. 1. a crime syndicate in the United States; organized in families; believed to have important relations to the Sicilian Mafia 2. a secret terrorist group in Sicily; originally opposed tyranny but evolved into a criminal organization in the middle of the 19th century 3. any tightly knit group of trusted associates.
n. 1. a crime syndicate in the United States; organized in families; believed to have important relations to the Sicilian Mafia 2. a secret terrorist group in Sicily; originally opposed tyranny but evolved into a criminal organization in the middle of the 19th century 3. any tightly knit group of trusted associates. 
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1) The government rushed through legislation aimed at Mafia leaders.
2) He was snuffed out by the Mafia.
3) The Mafia is by no means ignored by Italian television.
4) He was rubbed out by the Mafia.
5) The Mafia has relaxed its grip on local businesses.
6) He was the victim of a mafia hit.
7) They are well-connected with the south-based education-reform mafia.
8) Politics is still dominated by the middle-class mafia.
9) An alleged Mafia boss was acquitted last night.
10) He swore to avenge himself on the mafia.
11) The Mafia ordered the killing.
12) He thinks the Mafia are out to get him.
13) It would be surprising were the Mafia not to have muscled in.
14) The gunman had been hired by a rival Mafia family to do the dirty deed.
15) The town hall mafia will prevent this plan going through.
16) The Mafia runs a highly sophisticated drugs racket.
17) Even Mafia guys drop dimes on each other nowadays.
18) The Mafia was catapulted from the shadows.
19) Santapaola allegedly headed the armed wing of the Mafia.
20) The Mafia was brought to its knees.
21) You make us sound like the Mafia or something.
22) He had not been seduced by the Mafia.
23) Young people demonstrate in the streets against the Mafia.
24) In 1990 one woman was indicted for mafia association.
25) Large areas of the city were controlled by the Mafia.
26) Several local officials are in jail on charges of colluding with the Mafia.
27) Contractors winning construction jobs had to kick back 2 per cent of the contract price to the mafia.
28) People say the judge had been bought by the Mafia.
29) A cabinet minister came under investigation for links to the Mafia.
30) He speaks with rage of insinuations that there's a "gay mafia" in Hollywood.
More similar words: permafrost, prima facie, afire, afield, loafing, fiat, mala fide, data file, bona fide, sofia, make a fire, bona fides, fiance, fiasco, raffia, terra firma, aficionado, ruffian, fiancee, defiant, fit as a fiddle, defiance, fiat money, defiantly, drink like a fish, verifiable, justifiably, justifiable, identifiable, in defiance of.