Mafia

(noun.) any tightly knit group of trusted associates.

(noun.) a secret terrorist group in Sicily; originally opposed tyranny but evolved into a criminal organization in the middle of the 19th century.

(noun.) a crime syndicate in the United States; organized in families; believed to have important relations to the Sicilian Mafia.

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• You'll find that my theory of the Mafia will work out all right. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• The other fellow is probably an Italian also, and a member of the Mafia. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• He is connected with the Mafia, which, as you know, is a secret political society, enforcing its decrees by murder. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.

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