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Definition of Mafioso
1. Noun. A member of the Sicilian Mafia.
2. Noun. A member of the Mafia crime syndicate in the United States.
Generic synonyms: Criminal, Crook, Felon, Malefactor, Outlaw
Definition of Mafioso
1. Noun. A member of the Mafia. ¹
2. Noun. (alternative capitalization of Mafioso) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mafioso
1. a member of the mafia [n -SOS or -SI]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mafioso
Literary usage of Mafioso
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Spell of Sicily: The Garden of the Mediterranean by Will Seymour Monroe (1909)
"It has neither regulations nor {'statutes. A mafioso is not a thief nor a rascal; :
and if for an outward meaning of the word ..."
2. Sicily, the New Winter Resort: An Encyclopaedia of Sicily by Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen (1907)
"A mafioso is not a thief nor a rascal ; and if for an outward meaning of the word
the quality of mafioso has been applied to the thief and the rascal, ..."
3. Picturesque Sicily by William Agnew Paton (1897)
"Every Capo mafioso seeks to secure as his partisans the assassins and malefactors
of his district; he invites alliances with the Capi Mafiosi of other ..."
4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1877)
"... and his goods by dint of his own personal prowess and influence, without having
any recourse to law or the constituted authorities, he is mafioso. ..."
5. Mysteries of Police and Crime: A General Survey of Wrongdoing and Its Pursuit by Arthur Griffiths (1899)
"The mafioso who fails in any of these respects is declared infamous—in other
words, he is sentenced to ... The mafioso used to be organised in three groups: ..."
6. Sicily, the Garden of the Mediterranean: The History, People, Institutions by Will Seymour Monroe (1909)
"... the quality of mafioso has been applied to the thief and the rascal, it is
simply because the greater part of the public has had no time to reflect upon ..."
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