Associations to the word «Maffia»
Noun
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Wiktionary
MAFFIA, proper noun. Dated form of Mafia.
Dictionary definition
MAFFIA, noun. A crime syndicate in the United States; organized in families; believed to have important relations to the Sicilian Mafia.
MAFFIA, noun. A secret terrorist group in Sicily; originally opposed tyranny but evolved into a criminal organization in the middle of the 19th century.
MAFFIA, noun. Any tightly knit group of trusted associates.
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.