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. Luiz Felipe Maia:

   You talk about gaming and people think about fraud, money laundering, mafia and addiction.

2. The CIA:

   Once a single cyber 'weapon' is 'loose' it can spread around the world in seconds, to be used by rival states, cyber mafia and teenage hackers alike.

3. Dionisio Lopez:

   It's all one big mafia. We having nothing but pure corruption here in Mexico and it's proven, why pretend otherwise?

4. Arturo Pierre Martinez:

   The illegal war carried out against the nation of Iraq serves as a perfect example of how the U.S. government acts much like a Mafia enterprise ... criminally plundering entire nations of their resources, strategic reserves and economies.

5. Giovanni Gambino:

   The Mafia has a bad reputation, but much of that's undeserved, as with everything in life, there are good, bad and ugly parts – the rise of global terrorism gives the Mafia a chance to show its good side.