the Mafia

noun

: a secret criminal organization in Italy

Examples of the Mafia in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web That’s always the tough thing with talking about (the Mafia), because nearly 100% of Mafia members are Sicilian. Journal Sentinel, 17 Jan. 2024 Part of what made The Sopranos resonate with its audience was this sense of the Mafia amid the mundane. Christian Schneider, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023 Longtime collaborators Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro reunited for this 2019 gangster epic, about the real-life hitman Frank Sheeran and his experiences working for the Mafia. Kevin Jacobsen and Sammi Burke, EW.com, 17 Nov. 2023 After nearly being killed during an attack by the Mafia in the season 2 finale, queenpin Raquel Thomas (Patina Miller) will face a mountain of problems when the show returns. Alamin Yohannes, EW.com, 30 Nov. 2023 What Rudy and Cuomo shared was the fact that they were expected to speak as Italians about the Mafia. Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 14 Jan. 2024 The authorities had suspected the Mafia’s involvement, but the case remained unsolved and the investigation closed until Mr. Asaro was arrested in 2014, linking him and the Bonanno crime family to the robbery. Sam Roberts, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2023 Hundreds of people, including a former lawmaker, were sentenced to prison in a trial that prosecutors said dealt a crucial blow to the Mafia in southern Italy. Kevin Roose, New York Times, 21 Nov. 2023 His 1975 disappearance was never solved, and he was declared legally dead in 1982, widely believed to have been murdered by the Mafia. Anousha Sakoui, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2023

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“The Mafia.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Mafia. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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