mafia

中文来自 ECDICT

n.: 黑手党，秘密政党

词源说明

See Mafia. The sense "entity which attempts to control a specified arena" makes an analogy to crime-syndicate mafias' attempts to control certain kinds of business in the regions in which they exist.

释义（英文）

名词 Noun

A hierarchically structured secret organisation engaged in illegal activities like distribution of narcotics, gambling and extortion.
A crime syndicate.
A trusted group of associates, as of a political leader.
(in compounds) An entity which attempts to control a specified arena by violence or threats.

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派生词（10）

mafialike mafiocracy Murphia Taffia rainbow mafia nonmafia alphabet mafia mafia hypothesis mafia state Kosher Mafia