mafia

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈmɑfi.ə/

Noun

in compound terms such as "moral mafia"

Japanese Meaning

階層構造を持つ秘密結社で、麻薬取引、ギャンブル、恐喝などの違法行為に従事する組織 / 組織犯罪集団、または犯罪シンジケート

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The mafia controlled the waterfront, running illegal gambling dens and extorting protection money from local dockworkers.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

その犯罪組織は埠頭を支配し、違法な賭博場を運営し、地元の港湾労働者から保護料をゆすり取っていた。

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Sense（1）

A hierarchically structured secret organisation engaged in illegal activities like distribution of narcotics, gambling and extortion.

Sense（2）

A crime syndicate.

Sense（3）

A trusted group of associates, as of a political leader.

Sense（4）

(in compound terms such as "moral mafia") An entity which attempts to control a specified arena.

Worse, it confirms what one always suspected about the 1930s literary mafia, with their graceless posing and relentless self-obsession — what terrible , terrible bores they were.

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mafias

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