mafia

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noun

Plural noun:

mafiasmaffia

1.
A hierarchically structured secret organisation engaged in illegal activities like distribution of narcotics, gambling and extortion.
2.
A crime syndicate.
3.
A trusted group of associates, as of a political leader.
4.
(in compounds)An entity which attempts to control a specified arena by violence or threats.
moral mafia

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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.