mafia in Turkish
mafia in Turkish is mafya — mafia means an organized crime syndicate built on secrecy, hierarchy, and intimidation, especially (capitalized) the Sicilian and Italian-American criminal network.
mafia in Turkish
mafya
A crime syndicate.
What does "mafia" mean?
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noun An organized crime syndicate built on secrecy, hierarchy, and intimidation, especially (capitalized) the Sicilian and Italian-American criminal network.
"The film follows a young man drawn into the mafia in 1950s New York."
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noun Informally, any tightly-knit group seen as controlling something through influence or pressure rather than crime.
"Locals joked about the "school run mafia," the clique of parents who ran every fundraiser."
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noun A social deduction party game in which secretly assigned "mafia" players try to eliminate the rest of the group without being identified.
"We stayed up until 2am playing Mafia after dinner."
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mafia in a sentence
- The film follows a young man drawn into the mafia in 1950s New York.
- Police say the drug ring was run like a small mafia, complete with its own code of silence.
- Locals joked about the "school run mafia," the clique of parents who ran every fundraiser.
- We stayed up until 2am playing Mafia after dinner.
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What is "mafia" in Turkish?
"mafia" in Turkish is mafya. mafia means: An organized crime syndicate built on secrecy, hierarchy, and intimidation, especially (capitalized) the Sicilian and Italian-American criminal network.
How do you use "mafia" in a sentence?
Example: "The film follows a young man drawn into the mafia in 1950s New York." In Turkish, "mafia" is mafya.
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