mafia.
A hierarchically structured secret organisation engaged in illegal activities like distribution of narcotics, gambling and extortion.
Meaning & usage
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.
An entity which attempts to control a specified arena by violence or threats.
moral mafia
Where this word comes from
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.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.