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What is a mafia?

What is a mafia? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  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 compound terms such as "moral mafia") An entity which attempts to control a specified arena.
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The town made the news 10 years ago when a local hotelier made a stand against the mafia and refused to pay protection money.
The city is being given to the despoilers, speculators, land mafia and vandals.
Couture fashion courting the cut-throat world of the seedy mafia and danger too.
His determination to spice up his story makes it sometimes read like a dime novel about a drink-crazed mafia don.
Economic growth must be used for better living conditions, for a socially balanced society, not for any mafia and corruptionists.
That's why mafia godfathers and titans of business don't mind eating with their most trusted lieutenants in otherwise empty restaurants.

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