Get to know Mafioso better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like sicilian or criminal.
Mafioso meaning
- A member of the Mafia.
- A male member of the Mafia.
Using Mafioso
- The main meaning on this page is: A member of the Mafia. | A member of the Mafia. | A male member of the Mafia.
- Useful related words include: sicilian, criminal, felon, crook.
- In the example corpus, mafioso often appears in combinations such as: mafioso rap, the mafioso.
Context around Mafioso
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 8 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 11 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Mafioso
- In this selection, "mafioso" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, rap, old, prosecuted, rap, health and take stand out and add context to how "mafioso" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include because the mafioso and the and dictator and mafioso. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "mafioso" sits close to words such as aami, aat and abada, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with mafioso
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He really is just that goddamn much of a mafioso-so. (11 words)
We have Mafioso health care in the BVI, run by a set of lazy, thieving, greedy gangsters. (17 words)
Most famously, he successfully prosecuted Mafioso kingpin Charles "Lucky" Luciano on charges of compulsory prostitution in 1936. (17 words)
Oz effortlessly manipulates Alberto; within minutes the two of them are half-drunk, reminiscing about the old mafioso until he offers the troubled young man some “drops”— a narcotic that you drop in your eye that induces a state of euphoria (or paranoia). (43 words)
The reason why both of those conversations would happen in private is because the mafioso and the shady boss know that there are laws against witness tampering and they’re not trying to catch an obstruction of justice charge while intimidating you. (42 words)
Since the pentito himself is physically protected by the police, retribution on his family is common; therefore, when there are rumours of a mafioso collaborating with the police, the family usually condemns that person immediately to avoid retaliation. (38 words)
Why would Hong Kong’s mafioso take time away from extorting shopkeepers and dealing heroin to beat down protesters? (19 words)
Example sentences (12)
Mafioso rap Mafioso rap is a hardcore hip hop subgenre founded by Kool G Rap in the late 1980s.
We have Mafioso health care in the BVI, run by a set of lazy, thieving, greedy gangsters.
Oz effortlessly manipulates Alberto; within minutes the two of them are half-drunk, reminiscing about the old mafioso until he offers the troubled young man some “drops”— a narcotic that you drop in your eye that induces a state of euphoria (or paranoia).
Last week we learned of Trump’s Mafioso-like conditioning of foreign military aid on help criminally investigating a political rival.
Why would Hong Kong’s mafioso take time away from extorting shopkeepers and dealing heroin to beat down protesters?
He really is just that goddamn much of a mafioso-so.
I mean sure, if you're Vladimir Putin or a Mafioso, you could make that happen, for an ordinary shlub, not so much.
The reason why both of those conversations would happen in private is because the mafioso and the shady boss know that there are laws against witness tampering and they’re not trying to catch an obstruction of justice charge while intimidating you.
After his resignation, the booing and jeering continued as he left in his convoy, with the public shouting words such as "buffoon", " dictator " and " mafioso ".
Most famously, he successfully prosecuted Mafioso kingpin Charles "Lucky" Luciano on charges of compulsory prostitution in 1936.
Since the pentito himself is physically protected by the police, retribution on his family is common; therefore, when there are rumours of a mafioso collaborating with the police, the family usually condemns that person immediately to avoid retaliation.
The album is highly notable in that it revived, and expanded the Mafioso rap subgenre, which started to decline several years beforehand.
Common combinations with mafioso
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: