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Meaning of maffia

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  Maffia
      n 1: a crime syndicate in the United States; organized in
           families; believed to have important relations to the
           Sicilian Mafia [syn: {Mafia}, {Maffia}, {Cosa Nostra}]
      2: a secret terrorist group in Sicily; originally opposed
         tyranny but evolved into a criminal organization in the
         middle of the 19th century [syn: {Mafia}, {Maffia}, {Sicilian
         Mafia}]
      3: any tightly knit group of trusted associates [syn: {mafia},
         {maffia}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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