as in gang
a group involved in secret or criminal activities
the local Mafia largely finances itself through extortion rackets and drug trafficking
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Recent Examples of Mafia
This week, President Donald Trump froze $2.2 billion in grants to Harvard University, angering members of the Elbow Patch Mafia around America.
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Christian Schneider, National Review, 17 Apr. 2025
The branches are: Conservative Vice Lords, Traveling Vice Lords, Insane Vice Lords, Mafia Insane Vice Lords and Cicero Insane Vice Lords.
—Krystal Nurse, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2025
My first pair has the symbol for Sk8 Mafia on it, which is the yellow M emoji.
—Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2025
The quarter rotisserie meal at Saucy Chick Goat Mafia in Pasadena.
—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2025
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Christian Schneider, National Review, 17 Apr. 2025
The branches are: Conservative Vice Lords, Traveling Vice Lords, Insane Vice Lords, Mafia Insane Vice Lords and Cicero Insane Vice Lords.
—Krystal Nurse, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2025
My first pair has the symbol for Sk8 Mafia on it, which is the yellow M emoji.
—Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2025
The quarter rotisserie meal at Saucy Chick Goat Mafia in Pasadena.
—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for Mafia
Noun
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Abrego Garcia denies being a gang member and has no criminal convictions.—
Nick Penzenstadler,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
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The Trump administration has increased enforcement actions targeting violent MS-13 or Tren de Aragua gang members who have entered the country illegally.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
3 May 2025
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Prosecutors say they were killed in 2022 by members of their own crew, acting on orders from the Aryan Brotherhood, a syndicate with vast influence over white inmates in California prisons.—
Matthew Ormseth,
Los Angeles Times,
2 May 2025
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As Renewal Talks With The CW Heat Up Set in the 1970s Southwest, Duster explores the life of a gutsy getaway driver for a growing crime syndicate that goes from dangerous to wildly, stupidly dangerous when a tenacious young agent comes into town hellbent on taking his crime family down.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
2 May 2025
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Flynn and Randall were sentenced to life in prison with a possibility of parole, while Smart was sentenced to life with no chance of parole for conspiracy to commit murder, being an accomplice to first-degree murder and witness tampering.—
Emily Krauser,
People.com,
1 May 2025
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Both were arrested April 21 and charged with multiple counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud and money laundering.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
30 Apr. 2025
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Dante has been in a decades-long relationship with a man from a rival mob family.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
2 May 2025
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The hostility has gone through the typical cycles of the internet: Some stan mobs have latched on to valid critiques and used the opportunity to spew disdain and meanness online.—
Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
1 May 2025
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As boss Richie Stevenson looks to pin blame, patriarch Conrad Harrigan gathers his clan with a plan.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Apr. 2025
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The Conners rose from its ashes, controversially killing off Barr's Roseanne Conner via an opioid overdose in order to focus on the extended Conner clan, including John Goodman's Dan, Sara Gilbert's Darlene, and Laurie Metcalf's Jackie.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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Yet, there are widespread concerns that if they are enacted, Trump’s latest moves have the potential to upend and potentially decimate a global film business that relies on a network of international incentives and foreign locations to make movies.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
5 May 2025
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How To Watch The Walking Dead: Dead City Season 2 The Walking Dead: Dead City Season 2 is airing on AMC and the network’s streaming service AMC+.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
4 May 2025
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“Mafia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Mafia. Accessed 9 May. 2025.
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