Mafia

Etymology
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Proper noun

 * 1)  The : any particular mafia, mentioned uniquely within the discussion's established or implicit context, usually and especially the Sicilian-Italian–Italian-American one (especially in American English) but occasionally others (e.g., the Russian one, the Japanese one).
 * 2) The international criminal organization of Sicilian origin operating in Italy and the United States.
 * 3) Any other specific organized crime syndicate operating internationally in high-level organized crime;.
 * 1) Any other specific organized crime syndicate operating internationally in high-level organized crime;.
 * 1) Any other specific organized crime syndicate operating internationally in high-level organized crime;.


 * 1) A party game modelling a conflict between an informed minority (the mafia) and an uninformed majority (the innocents). Each player is secretly assigned a role within one of these teams, and the innocents attempt to identify the mafia members before they are all "murdered".

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 黑手黨
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Esperanto: Mafio
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Greek: Μαφία
 * Italian:
 * Romanian: Mafia
 * Sicilian: Mafia


 * Czech:
 * Esperanto: mafio
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:, gyilkosos
 * Italian:
 * Romanian:
 * Sicilian:


 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: killer
 * Mandarin:

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) Mafia