the Mafia

noun

: a secret criminal organization in Italy

Examples of the Mafia in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Set against the backdrop of 1979, the series reveals how an unlikely team of young local police and prosecutors beat the odds in dismantling the Mafia’s grip on the city. —

Peter White, Deadline, 15 Aug. 2024 The main one presented to a grand jury was that the Mafia killed Hoffa to prevent him from disclosing mob infiltration of the Teamsters, including its tapping into the union's pension fund to finance its rackets. —

John Wisely, Detroit Free Press, 30 July 2024 Their forbidden, simmering romance anchors an enveloping portrait of a bygone era and a caste as vicious, in its own way, as any of the Mafia clans in Scorsese's crime movies. —

and Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 30 July 2024 Violet falls for Corky, and the pair plans to run off together with a cool $2 million — money that belongs to the Mafia. —

Barry Levitt, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for the Mafia

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