Maffia 音标拼音: [m'æfiə]
n . 黑手党,秘密政党
黑手党,秘密政党
Maffia n 1 :
a crime syndicate in the United States ;
organized in families ;
believed to have important relations to the Sicilian Mafia [
synonym : {
Mafia }, {
Maffia }, {
Cosa Nostra }]
2 :
a secret terrorist group in Sicily ;
originally opposed tyranny but evolved into a criminal organization in the middle of the 19th century [
synonym : {
Mafia }, {
Maffia }, {
Sicilian Mafia }]
3 :
any tightly knit group of trusted associates [
synonym : {
mafia },
{
maffia }]
Maffia \
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Mafia \
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n . [
It .
maffia .]
1 .
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 }.
[
WordNet sense 2 ]
[
Webster 1913 Suppl .]
2 .
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 sense 1 ]
Syn :
syndicate ,
mob ,
Cosa Nostra ,
La Cosa Nostra ,
organized crime .
[
WordNet 1 .
6 PJC ]
3 .
Any tightly knit group of trusted associates having strong control or influence in some area ;
as ,
Kennedy and his Irish Mafia . [
informal ] [
WordNet sense 3 ]
[
PJC ]
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