mafia

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mafya

Almanya'da İtalyan Mafyası hafife alınan bir sorundur. - In Germany, the Italian mafia is an underestimated problem.

Baba, mafya ve hükümet arasındaki fark nedir? - Dad, what is the difference between the mafia and the government?

(isim) mafya

İlgili Terimler

turn out to be a mafia
mafyalaşmak
İngilizce - İngilizce
Any organized crime syndicate operating internationally in high-level organized crime; often with a modifying adjective, such as a nationality

Somehow he managed to piss off the Russian Mafia.

An international criminal organization of Sicilian origin operating in Italy and the United States
An in-group
A trusted group of associates of a political leader
A crime syndicate
A coverall term used to describe any organized criminal syndicates, individually or collectively, specifically those operating internationally in high level organized crime including drug smuggling and cultivation, fraud, loan sharking and prostitution
disapproval You can use mafia to refer to an organized group of people who you disapprove of because they use unfair or illegal means in order to get what they want. They are well-connected with the south-based education-reform mafia. Society of criminals of primarily Italian or Sicilian origin. The Mafia arose in Sicily in the late Middle Ages, possibly as a secret organization to overthrow the rule of foreign conquerors. It drew its members from the small private armies, or mafie, hired by landlords to protect their estates. By 1900 the Mafia "families" of western Sicily controlled their local economies. In the 1920s Benito Mussolini jailed most of the members, but they were released by the Allies after World War II and resumed their activities. In the 1970s their control of the heroin trade led to fierce rivalry among the clans, followed in the 1980s by renewed governmental efforts to imprison the Mafia leadership. In the U.S., Sicilian immigrants included former Mafia members who set up similar criminal operations. Their operations expanded from bootlegging in the 1920s to gambling, narcotics, and prostitution, and the Mafia, or Cosa Nostra, became the largest U.S. syndicated crime organization. About 24 Mafia groups or "families" controlled operations in the U.S.; the heads (or "dons") of the largest families formed a commission whose main function was judicial and could override a don's authority. At the beginning of the 21st century the Mafia's power was greatly diminished through convictions of top officials, defections, and murderous internal disputes. See also organized crime
a crime syndicate in the United States; organized in families; believed to have important relations to the Sicilian Mafia
a secret terrorist group in Sicily; originally opposed tyranny but evolved into a criminal organization in the middle of the 19th century
any tightly knit group of trusted associates
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
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
{i} secret criminal organization which operates in the United States and Italy and other countries; any small group that controls or dominates an organization or field (also Maffia)
The Mafia is a criminal organization that makes money illegally, especially by threatening people and dealing in drugs. The Mafia is by no means ignored by Italian television

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Mafia movie
{i} movie about Italian organized crime families
moral Mafia
Any group of religious zealots or fundamentalists intent on enforcing their morality on others
Italian mafia
organization of crime of Italy
Sicilian mafia
organized crime group in Sicily (Italy)
head of the mafia
person who is in charge of the mafia
mafia

    Heceleme

    Ma·fi·a

    Türkçe nasıl söylenir

    mäfiı

    Eş anlamlılar

    cosa nostra, mob

    Telaffuz

    /ˈmäfēə/ /ˈmɑːfiːə/

    Etimoloji

    () From Italian mafia (“spirit of hostility to the law”), from Sicilian mafia (“boldness, bravado”), from Arabic مهجس (mahjas, “boasting, bragging”)reference needed.