As nouns the difference between mafia and bandit
is that
mafia is a crime syndicate while
bandit is one who robs others.
As a proper noun Mafia
is an international criminal organization of Sicilian origin operating in Italy and the United States.
mafia Alternative forms
* Maffia (less common)
Proper noun
(specifically) An international criminal organization of Sicilian origin operating in Italy and the United States.
(by extension) Any organized crime syndicate operating internationally in high-level organized crime; .
- Somehow he managed to upset the Russian Mafia .
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".
(an entity which attempts to control a specified arena).
Synonyms
* (organization of Sicilian origin) Cosa Nostra, mob
* (any organized crime syndicate) mob
Derived terms
* mafia
* mafia state
* Mafioso
* Mafiya
See also
* Camorra
* capo
* godfather
* goodfella
* 'Ndrangheta
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* Thuggee
* Triad
* Yakuza
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bandit English
Noun
( en noun)
one who robs others
an outlaw
one who cheats others
(military) An enemy aircraft.
References
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