Synonyms for mafia
ˈmɑ fi ə, ˈmæf i əmafi·a

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1. Mafianoun

   A crime syndicate

   Synonyms:
   mob, Cosa Nostra

2. Mafianoun

   A trusted group of associates of a political leader

   Somehow he managed to piss off the Russian Mafia.

   Synonyms:
   mob

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1. Mafia, Maffia, Cosa Nostranoun

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

   Synonyms:
   maffia

2. Mafia, Maffia, Sicilian Mafianoun

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

   Synonyms:
   maffia

3. mafia, maffianoun

   any tightly knit group of trusted associates

   Synonyms:
   maffia

Matched Categories

1. • Clique
   • Organized Crime
   • Syndicate
   • Terrorism

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "mafia":

   mob, mafias, mobster, shay

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1. House Democrats:

   What those notes reflect is a classic Mafia-like shakedown of a foreign leader.

2. Jose Miguel Vivanco:

   This announcement is a major blow for Maduro who has been running Venezuela like a mafia state, with rampant corruption and widespread atrocities, and absolute impunity, with this indictment he may now lose his aura of invincibility, of being completely above the law, which is very welcome news.

3. Messina Denaro:

   It is always said that the Mafia is the anti-state, that is a mistake. The Mafia is allied with one part of the state, while another part is fighting it, in this play of forces, Matteo Messina Denaro, was arrested.

4. John Dickie:

   His network has been pruned over the years and the Mafia has been weakened by arrests, the Mafia was different 30 years ago, it was much stronger.

5. John Gibbs:

   I think one analogy that you could look at here is the mafia, for many years, you could never arrest them. You knew they were throwing guys off roofs and stuff but all you could get them for was tax evasion and money laundering because you don't quite have the legal and investigative framework in place to catch them.