An invention of the media, used to sully the name of Italian Americans by portraying them as criminals, while drawing attention from the dirty Micks who were the real criminals.
There is no Mafia, it’s just a vicious propaganda, that the press uses as a smear campaign to badmouth Italians.
by Skinny Clemenza May 03, 2008
An arrogant attitude adopted by loud mouth Italians. Someone who annoys other people by speaking in threats while using hand gestures.
by Cholo November 27, 2003
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n.
1)A secret terrorist organization in Sicily, operating since the early 19th century in opposition to legal authority.
2)A secret criminal organization of Italian origin operating in the United States and engaged in illegal activities such as gambling, drug-dealing, and prostitution.
3)Any of various similar criminal organizations, especially when dominated by members of the same nationality.
4)often mafia Informal. A tightly knit group of trusted associates, as of a political leader: “ He is one of the personal mafia that the chancellor brought with him to Bonn” (Christian Science Monitor).
n.
1)A secret terrorist organization in Sicily, operating since the early 19th century in opposition to legal authority.
2)A secret criminal organization of Italian origin operating in the United States and engaged in illegal activities such as gambling, drug-dealing, and prostitution.
3)Any of various similar criminal organizations, especially when dominated by members of the same nationality.
4)often mafia Informal. A tightly knit group of trusted associates, as of a political leader: “ He is one of the personal mafia that the chancellor brought with him to Bonn” (Christian Science Monitor).
by K8lyn Gentry July 03, 2006
by koop da kid April 24, 2006
by cartman5000 July 25, 2004
It depends how it's used. The Mafia is often assumed to be the italian mafia, but a mafia is any group of people that work together in unpolitical ways.
by justarandom August 05, 2005
by Anonymous August 14, 2003