English Dictionary

mafia

/ˈmɑfi.ə/

noun

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

The mafia is known for its organized crime activities.

意味（1）

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

意味（2）

A crime syndicate.

意味（3）

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

意味（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.