noun🔗ShareA hierarchically structured secret organisation engaged in illegal activities like distribution of narcotics, gambling and extortion."The mafia controlled the local gambling rings, extorting money from businesses and even some families. "organizationbusinesssocietylawgovernmentactiongroupChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA crime syndicate."The police arrested several people suspected of being involved in the mafia, a crime syndicate that controlled gambling and loan sharking in the city. "organizationsocietyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA trusted group of associates, as of a political leader."The new manager quickly surrounded herself with a mafia of loyal assistants who agreed with her every decision. "politicsgroupgovernmentorganizationpolicestatebusinesssocietyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share(in compound terms such as "moral mafia") An entity which attempts to control a specified arena."the digital mafia"grouporganizationbusinesspoliticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
