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Definition of Sicilian mafia
1. Noun. A secret terrorist group in Sicily; originally opposed tyranny but evolved into a criminal organization in the middle of the 19th century.
Category relationships: Act Of Terrorism, Terrorism, Terrorist Act
Generic synonyms: Gangdom, Gangland, Organized Crime
Member holonyms: Mafioso
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sicilian Mafia
Literary usage of Sicilian mafia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Public Safety in the Nineties: The Attorney Generals Summit on Law (1992)
"... said that although the sicilian mafia has kept a very low profile in the United
States and Canada over the years, this has not been the case in Italy, ..."
2. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1896)
"... no one who has heard anything of the prevalence of the art of tattooing among
Italians, to learn that it is a favourite fashion with the sicilian mafia. ..."
3. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library (1911)
"XAA Study, A, of the sicilian mafia. (NY Evening Post, Saturday, 20 July 1901,
27 July 1901, 3 Aug. 1901.) Tamassia, Arrigo. Sulla redazione uffi- ciale ..."
4. The Leisure Hour edited by William Haig Miller, James Macaulay, William Stevens (1894)
"... to seek an explanation for the historic priority of the Andalusian, Valencian,
and Murcian barato, the Neapolitan camorra, and the sicilian mafia. ..."
5. The Gentleman's Magazine (1877)
"... be punished by the knife, the " Camorra " is not so intimately or so frequently
connected with deeds of violence and murder as the Sicilian " Mafia. ..."
6. Courts, Criminals and the Camorra by Arthur Cheney Train (1912)
"It is probable that we should have this kind of thing among the Italians hi
America even if the Neapolitan Camorra and the sicilian mafia had never existed, ..."
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