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mafioso
[ mah-fee-oh-soh ]
noun
- a member of a Mafia or of a mafia.
mafioso
/ ˌmæfɪˈəʊsəʊ; mafiˈoso /
noun
- a person belonging to the Mafia
Word History and Origins
Origin of mafioso1
Example Sentences
They have drawn at all kinds of trials, including New York mafiosos’ and Martha Stewart’s, throughout their lengthy careers.
Hopefully, Cohen will be as successful in taking down the most powerful criminal to ever occupy the White House as Gravano was in taking down Gotti, the most powerful mafioso in U.S. history.
He told Rice that it's "incredible hypocrisy" to hear lawyers who are willing to defend mafiosos and other shameless criminals turn their noses up to Trump.
Turns out that betting your political career on someone who models himself after a mafioso is not a great long-term plan for security.
Far from the stately La Scala opera house, the Opera prison on Milan’s southern edge has over 1,400 inmates, including 101 mafiosi held under a strict regime of near-total isolation.
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