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mafia

mafia
Zelfstandig naamwoord
  • geheel van geheime misdadige organisaties, oorspronkelijk op Sicilië
  • any tightly knit group of trusted associates

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mafia
Zelfstandig naamwoord
    • a secret terrorist group in Sicily; originally opposed tyranny but evolved into a criminal organization in the middle of the 19th century

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    mafia
    Zelfstandig naamwoord
      • a crime syndicate in the United States; organized in families; believed to have important relations to the Sicilian Mafia

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      Voorbeeldzinnen

      1. Mafia is a type of criminal organisation.
      2. Drug money and Mafia money are often blood money.
      3. In Germany, the Italian mafia is an underestimated problem.
      4. The Mafia uses legitimate business operations as a front.
      5. He seems like a respectable businessman, but he's really part of the Mafia.
      6. The trial lawyers couldn't get past the Mafia leader's stonewalling tactics.
      7. The mafia boss was killed in a hail of machine gun fire.
      8. In the "Mafia" tradition of organized crime, any member who discloses its operation is sure to be rubbed out.