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Recent Examples of mafioso
Loosely, the film is nothing more than a bizarrely boring showcase for the gimmick of De Niro playing mafioso frenemies.
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Gregory Nussen, Deadline, 21 Mar. 2025
Italian Husband is using the wedding as an excuse to bury the hatchet between his family and the rival mafiosi, apparently.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 2 May 2025
But there’s a catch, a gimmick even, as De Niro stars opposite himself, playing both Frank Costello and Vito Genovese, the notorious Italian American mafiosi.
—Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 21 Mar. 2025
That leads to plenty of buddy scenes, as the two very different men begin to enjoy each other’s company via such moments as having to swim to shore after being unceremoniously pushed off a ship by the threatening mafiosi.
—Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Gregory Nussen, Deadline, 21 Mar. 2025
Italian Husband is using the wedding as an excuse to bury the hatchet between his family and the rival mafiosi, apparently.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 2 May 2025
But there’s a catch, a gimmick even, as De Niro stars opposite himself, playing both Frank Costello and Vito Genovese, the notorious Italian American mafiosi.
—Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 21 Mar. 2025
That leads to plenty of buddy scenes, as the two very different men begin to enjoy each other’s company via such moments as having to swim to shore after being unceremoniously pushed off a ship by the threatening mafiosi.
—Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mafioso
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Ineffably, Renko’s qualities of solidity and rebelliousness bring my father back to me, and the whole 11-book series, set mostly in Russia (with excursions to Cuba and the Arctic Circle), is a galloping wonder, full of apparatchiks, spies, oligarchs, gangsters, and murders galore.—
Taylor Antrim,
Vogue,
16 July 2025
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Aside from the already extraordinary tale of the O’Leary clan, Jim O’Leary led a life of adventure as a main cog for the city’s infamous gambling operations at a time when gangsters battled over control of the Prohibition liquor trade.—
William Lee,
Chicago Tribune,
5 July 2025
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Veteran character actor Joe Marinelli, who played the cross-dressing mobster Bunny Tagliatti in 171 episodes of NBC soap opera Santa Barbara, died Sunday.—
Nick Caruso,
TVLine,
25 June 2025
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Joe Marinelli, the veteran character actor who amused and attracted admirers as the cross-dressing mobster Bunny Tagliatti on the NBC soap opera Santa Barbara, has died.—
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
24 June 2025
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Sir Jimmy Crystal gives deeply unsettling vibes from the get-go, and while his bizarre gang of hoodlums do save Spike’s life, it’s implied that Spike may have wandered into a much worse situation.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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Critics say police gave up when the rioting erupted in 1992, letting big chunks of the city burn while looters and hoodlums ruled.—
Seema Mehta,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2025
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“Mafioso.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mafioso. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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