Get to know Mafia better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like maffia or ingroup.
Mafia meaning
- The Mob: any particular mafia, mentioned uniquely within the discussion's established or implicit context, usually and especially the Sicilian-Italian–Italian-American one (especially in American English) but occasionally others (e.g., the Russian one, the Japanese one).
- The international criminal organization of Sicilian origin operating in Italy and the United States.
Synonyms of Mafia
Using Mafia
- The main meaning on this page is: The Mob: any particular mafia, mentioned uniquely within the discussion's established or implicit context, usually and especially the Sicilian-Italian–Italian-American one (especially in American English) but occasionally others (e.g., the Russian one, the Japanese one). | The international criminal organization of Sicilian origin operating in Italy and the United States. | The Mob: any particular mafia, mentioned uniquely within the discussion's established or implicit context, usually and especially the Sicilian-Italian–Italian-American one (especially in American English) but occasionally others (e.g., the Russian one, the Japanese one).
- Useful related words include: maffia, inner circle, ingroup, coterie.
- In the example corpus, mafia often appears in combinations such as: the mafia, mafia and, mafia boss.
Context around Mafia
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 10 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Mafia
- In this selection, "mafia" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, sand, education, six, boss, polish and thrived stand out and add context to how "mafia" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include an organized mafia thrived but and and confiscate mafia assets was. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "mafia" sits close to words such as affirmed, altar and arising, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with mafia
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Another person called the operation a "mafia heist". (8 words)
It’s a mafia and the mafia are in our country. (11 words)
Besides, the mafia also vandalized the excise department vehicle before fleeing the spot. (13 words)
The city of Mumbai, then known as Bombay, was where an organized mafia thrived, but a concerted effort by the Bombay police led to a spate of encounters that targeted mafia and organized gang members until their numbers dwindled. (39 words)
A law to create a new offence of Mafia conspiracy, and confiscate Mafia assets was introduced by Pio La Torre but it had been stalled in parliament for two years, La Torre was murdered April 30, 1982. (37 words)
He alleged that the sand mafia had stopped the Yamuna water released for Delhi in an area of about 7-8 km from Yamunanagar in Haryana, where the sand mafia is indiscriminately mining sand. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
He alleged that the sand mafia had stopped the Yamuna water released for Delhi in an area of about 7-8 km from Yamunanagar in Haryana, where the sand mafia is indiscriminately mining sand.
The rapper, born Lola Chantrelle Mitchell, joined the group in 1995, upon which it changed its name from Triple Six Mafia to Three 6 Mafia.
PM Imran said that the government are waging a war against mafia while mafia is busy in a vicious propaganda against the government.
It’s a mafia and the mafia are in our country.
Groups like the Haitians, Salvadorians, the Armenian, Mexican Mafia, Polish Mafia are second fiddle to them.
The city of Mumbai, then known as Bombay, was where an organized mafia thrived, but a concerted effort by the Bombay police led to a spate of encounters that targeted mafia and organized gang members until their numbers dwindled.
When asked to elaborate the education mafia, HRD minister Anil Swarup said, the education mafia has managed to play with the rules.
A law to create a new offence of Mafia conspiracy, and confiscate Mafia assets was introduced by Pio La Torre but it had been stalled in parliament for two years, La Torre was murdered April 30, 1982.
Defection from mafia in Italy have subsequently sharply reduced from the height reached in the early nineties, and results in the fight against mafia have reduced accordingly.
He denied that any Mafia operated in the U.S. In the 1950s, evidence of Hoover's unwillingness to focus FBI resources on the Mafia became grist for the media and his many detractors.
According to Lozada’s claim, the consultant was asked by Fuqua to consult on the accuracy of issues relevant to including the Italian mafia, drug trade, and more.
A composite picture showing a computer generated image released by the Italian Police, right, and a picture of Mafia top boss Matteo Messina Denaro.
Action 5 News spoke with an associate of Three 6 Mafia, Mr. Del, who shared that Mitchell moved to Los Angeles and was working on an album reportedly titled The Boo-Print.
After 30 years eluding capture while still running much of the Mafia's affairs, he was arrested Monday at a clinic, where the convicted mobster was receiving chemotherapy.
Another person called the operation a "mafia heist".
An outpouring of relief in Palermo after the arrest of Italy's most wanted alleged Mafia boss.
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania's director revealed some mafia inspiration for the Council of Kangs.
At which point, he behaves like a Mafia boss out to settle an old score.
Besides, the mafia also vandalized the excise department vehicle before fleeing the spot.
But he said that it wasn’t an option, because the ‘underworld mafia culture’ was at its peak in Mumbai.
Common combinations with mafia
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the mafia 45×
- mafia and 13×
- mafia boss 11×
- mafia is 9×
- mafia in 9×
- of mafia 8×
- three mafia 7×
- mexican mafia 5×
- bills mafia 5×
- sand mafia 3×