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Mafia (mafia%1:14:00::)
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Maffia (maffia%1:14:00::)
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Cosa Nostra (cosa_nostra%1:14:00::)
(a crime syndicate in the United States; organized in families; believed to have important relations to the Sicilian Mafia)
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Mafia (mafia%1:14:01::)
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Maffia (maffia%1:14:01::)
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Sicilian Mafia (sicilian_mafia%1:14:00::)
(a secret terrorist group in Sicily; originally opposed tyranny but evolved into a criminal organization in the middle of the 19th century)
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mafia (mafia%1:14:02::)
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maffia (maffia%1:14:02::)
(any tightly knit group of trusted associates)