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Maffia 音標拼音: [m'æfiə] n. 黑手黨,秘密政黨 黑手黨,秘密政黨 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 \ Maf" fi* a\, Mafia \ Ma" fi* a\, 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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