Synonyms for mafia
ˈmɑ fi ə, ˈmæf i əmafi·a

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1. Mafianoun

   A crime syndicate

   Synonyms:
   mob, Cosa Nostra

2. Mafianoun

   A trusted group of associates of a political leader

   Somehow he managed to piss off the Russian Mafia.

   Synonyms:
   mob

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Mafia, Maffia, Cosa Nostranoun

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

   Synonyms:
   maffia

2. Mafia, Maffia, Sicilian Mafianoun

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

   Synonyms:
   maffia

3. mafia, maffianoun

   any tightly knit group of trusted associates

   Synonyms:
   maffia

Matched Categories

1. • Clique
   • Organized Crime
   • Syndicate
   • Terrorism

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "mafia":

   mob, mafias, mobster, shay

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1. Dennis McKinsey:

   If God kills, lies, cheats, discriminates, and otherwise behaves in a manner that puts the Mafia to shame, that's Okay, he's God. He can do whatever he wants. Anyone who adheres to this philosophy has had his sense of morality, decency, justice and humaneness warped beyond recognition by the very book that is supposedly preaching the opposite.

2. Manager Tahsin Yasin:

   Illegal tax collection did happen under Yanukovich. Luckily it didn't affect us then, but they are targeting us now despite supposed reforms, we are dealing with a completely unprofessional mafia who are there simply to extort as much as they can while in office.

3. Imam Taha Tawil:

   We cannot blame Catholics for the Mafia.

4. Vladimir Voronin:

   I voted so that Moldova finally will be able to get rid of all that has been going on for the past five years - all this corruption, this mafia which has seized the people and the country.

5. Wallace Gregson:

   The North Korean leadership sits atop a worldwide global mafia and money flows in channels that are at least difficult to get to, even if we know about them.