单词	mafia
释义	mafiamaf‧i‧a /ˈmæfiə $ ˈmɑː-, ˈmæ-/ noun Word Origin WORD ORIGINmafia Origin: 1800-1900 Italian, Italian dialect, ‘great confidence, proud talk’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES the legal mafia EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS But the drug mafia also has infiltrated other law-enforcement agencies, the army captain alleged. Collusion between the mafia, police and political parties was routine for decades. Confronted with Dolle I felt myself becoming a punk mafia dude. He opened a haulage firm, sold jewellery and developed property interests in Miami, allegedly working with the mafia. Or will the 40-year economic blockade be maintained simply to satisfy the second-generation Miami mafia? These days they were more likely to be arm-breakers from the Bombay mafia. Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► the Mafia Before it kills, the Mafia first isolates and denigrates its victims. Bronson will return to the role of Paul Kersey to take on the Mafia in the latest sequel to the vigilante saga. He had not been seduced by the Mafia. If the general public knows anything about the construction industry, it knows that the Mafia have a role to play. No, Uncle, what I heard was that Daddy did favors for the Mafia characters he grew up with. You make us sound like the Mafia or something. Young people demonstrate in the streets against the Mafia. 1the Mafia a large organized group of criminals who control many illegal activities, especially in Italy and the US2[singular] a powerful group of people within an organization or profession who support and protect each other:  the medical mafia
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