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Definition of Mafiosi
1. mafioso [n] - See also: mafioso
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mafiosi
Literary usage of Mafiosi
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library (1911)
"Cutrera, A. La Mafia ei mafiosi; ori- gini e manifestazioni. ... Mafia et mafiosi.
(Jour. d. économistes, série 5, v. 41, p. 380- 387. Paris, 1900. ..."
2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1877)
"Nor does it always appear that the mafiosi, however indisputable their title to the
... The mafiosi, who attempted the crime and failed, had imprudently ..."
3. Mysteries of Police and Crime: A General Survey of Wrongdoing and Its Pursuit by Arthur Griffiths (1899)
"At one time the mafiosi levied a tax upon all retail dealers, upon gambling-houses
and so forth, but the general poverty of the island reducing the returns ..."
4. Picturesque Sicily by William Agnew Paton (1897)
"All brigands are mafiosi, but all mafiosi are not brigands. It would be a great
mistake to suppose that La Mafia confines itself to the commission of acts ..."
5. Italy in the Nineteenth Century and the Making of Austria-Hungary and Germany by Elizabeth Wormeley Latimer, A.C. McClurg & Co (1896)
"The true mafiosi are polished villains. They assume towards their enemy the
language and bearing of fraternal good-humor, and write the ..."
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