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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Mafia /ˈmafɪə/

▶noun [treated as sing. or pl.]

1 (the Mafia) an organized international body of criminals originating in Sicily and having a complex and ruthless behavioural code.

2 (usu. mafia) a group exerting a hidden sinister influence: the British literary mafia.

– origin Ital. (Sicilian dial.), orig. in the sense ‘bragging’.

'mafia' also found in these Oxford entries:

capo - Cosa Nostra - don - godfather - goodfella - Mafia - Mafioso - mob - omertà - padrone - wise guy

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