mafioso

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Recent Examples of mafioso As the 133 cardinals who voted during the papal conclave became more known to the public in recent days, enjoying a brief bout of internet fame, some close watchers began to notice that one looked shockingly similar to a television mafioso. Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 10 May 2025 Football folk have memories that would impress elephants and a mafioso’s capacity for holding grudges. Michael Walker, New York Times, 9 May 2025 Anyway, the mafioso plot introduces an additional contract killer (Daniella Pineda) whose troubled past triggered an extreme case of acute savant syndrome. Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 15 Apr. 2025 Everyone in the studio nods along to Paco’s tough-minded flexes and mafioso folktales. Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 11 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for mafioso
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mafioso
Noun
  • Two sisters with a tragic story are said to linger upstairs at Langston’s Western Wear, and unexplained voices and rattling glassware have been heard at Gabriella’s Italian Grill, a Prohibition-era building with a gangsters and gambling history.
    Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Mint follows Shannon, the naïve daughter of the area’s dominant crime family, desperately searching for love in the shadow of her gangster father, Dylan (Sam Riley).
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The illusion of Jake’s seemingly idyllic life is shattered by the return of his chaotic older brother Vince (Jason Bateman), who had fled the state years earlier to avoid repaying a hefty debt to menacing mobster Joe Mancuso (Troy Kotsur).
    Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2025
  • The police chief is in bed with mobsters.
    Zephyr Teachout, The Atlantic, 22 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Aleah and Grasso end up saving Lizzie’s ass and capturing the hoodlums.
    Grace Byron, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Whereas the Star Wars sequels woefully misused the actor's talents, this movie puts them center stage, playing one of the teen hoodlums who join forces with their victim to fight off nasty, otherworldly invaders.
    Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 12 Aug. 2025

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“Mafioso.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mafioso. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.

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