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Maffia vs Mafia - What's the difference?

maffia | mafia |

Mafia is a alternative form of maffia.



As proper nouns the difference between maffia and mafia

is that maffia is a less common spelling of Mafia while Mafia is an international criminal organization of Sicilian origin operating in Italy and the United States.

As a noun mafia is

a crime syndicate.

maffia

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A less common spelling of Mafia .
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    mafia

    English

    (wikipedia 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 * * Thuggee * Triad * Yakuza ----