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Definition of Mafias

Mafia
Maffia Maf"fi*a, Mafia Ma"fi*a, n. [It. maffia.] 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.

Meaning of Mafias from wikipedia

- violence. Mafias often engage in secondary activities such as gambling, loan sharking, drug-trafficking, prostitution, and fraud. The term Mafia was originally...
- The American Mafia, commonly referred to in North America as the Italian-American Mafia, the Mafia, or the Mob, is a highly organized Italian-American...
- Mafia!, also known as Jane Austen's Mafia!, is a 1998 American crime parody film directed by Jim Abrahams and starring Jay Mohr, Lloyd Bridges (in one...
- media, the mafias are usually mentioned by the name of the economic sector in which they are involved. Terms such as coal mafia, timber mafia (sometimes...
- Retrieved 17 July 2019. Letizia Paoli (2020). What Makes Mafias Different? Review of Paoli, Mafia Brotherhoods Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine...
- The Mexican Mafia (Spanish: Mafia Mexicana), also known as La eMe (Spanish for "the M"), is a predominantly Mexican American prison gang and criminal...
- Sicilian Mafia, the original "Mafia", often referred to simply as "the Mafia" American Mafia, an Italian-American offshoot of the original Sicilian Mafia often...
- Public Prosecutors state that the Albanian mafia is one of the most powerful ones among eight identified mafias in the world. The Geneva deputy public prosecutors...
- Outfit, the Chicago Mafia, the Chicago Mob, the Chicago crime family, the South Side Gang or the Organization) is an Italian American Mafia crime family based...
- The PayPal Mafia is a group of former PayPal employees and founders who have since founded and/or developed additional technology companies based in Silicon...