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maffia

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CIDE DICTIONARY

maffian. [It. maffia.].
  •  A secret society which organized in Sicily as a political organization, but is now widespread among Italians, and is used to further or protect private interests, reputedly by illegal methods; called also the Sicilian Mafia.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  •  A group of loosely associated of criminal organizations in the United States, some having ties to the Sicilian Mafia, and organized in “families”; the term is applied to the entire group of organizations, or to any one local group. Also, loosely, organized groups of criminals anywhere, as the Russian mafia.  [WordNet 1.6]
  •  Any tightly knit group of trusted associates having strong control or influence in some area; as, Kennedy and his Irish Mafia.  [PJC]

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