1. Any tightly knit group of trusted associates
   - maffia

1. A secret terrorist group in Sicily; originally opposed tyranny but evolved into a criminal organization in the middle of the 19th century
   - Maffia, Sicilian Mafia 
2. A crime syndicate in the United States; organized in families; believed to have important relations to the Sicilian Mafia
   - Maffia, Cosa Nostra

Derived forms: mafias, Mafias

Type of: camp, clique, coterie, crime syndicate, family, gangdom, gangland, ingroup, inner circle, mob, organised crime [Brit], organized crime, pack, syndicate

Encyclopedia: Mafia

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