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Definitions of maffia in various dictionaries:
noun - a crime syndicate in the United States
noun - a secret terrorist group in Sicily
noun - any tightly knit group of trusted associates
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'Nip Tuck' actress Roma |
Criminal network |
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Jun 23 2010 Eugene Sheffer - King Feature Syndicate |
Jul 18 2008 The Guardian - Quick crossword |
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an organized international body of criminals, operating originally in Sicily and now especially in Italy and the US and having a complex and ruthless behavioural code. |
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. |
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. |
Any tightly knit group of trusted associates having strong control or influence in some area. |
any tightly knit group of trusted associates |
a secret terrorist group in Sicily originally opposed tyranny but evolved into a criminal organization in the middle of the 19th century |
a crime syndicate in the United States organized in families believed to have important relations to the Sicilian Mafia |
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Maffia (Maffie or Mafie in Czech) was a secret organization acting during World War I. It was founded after emigration of Tomá Garrigue Masaryk in 1914 by Czech politician Edvard Bene, who later became second president of Czechoslovakia, and others main anti-royalist (Karel Kramá, Alois Raín, Josef Scheiner and Pemysl ámal). Maffia was based on the principles of Sicilian Mafia (name "Maffia"), it was central part of the First Czechoslovak Resistance and its main objective was to overthrow the Emperor of Austria and the disintegration of his country. Maffia plot against Austria-Hungary and Central Powers was revealed by police in 1915, some members of Maffia (Karel Kramá, Alois Raín, Vincent ervinka and Josef Zamazal) were arrested and sentenced to death (they were later amnestied by emperor Charles I.) and Edvard Bene escaped from Austria-Hungary to Switzerland, but subversive activities of Maffia continued, under the leadership of Pemysl ámal, until the end of the First World War. Maf |