Example Sentences

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I knew that Mafiosi sometimes used “kid” to describe an associate of whatever age.

From Washington Post • Jul. 8, 2022

As consigliere to Mafiosi and fixer supremo for Manhattan's and Washington's political and economic elite, Cohn taught Trump that the law isn't about justice, right and wrong, or even rules.

From Salon • Oct. 24, 2020

“It’s like one of those American films, where the old Mafiosi sit at the back of a restaurant eating spaghetti, making or breaking lives,” Daoud said.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 18, 2020

“It’s like one of those American films, where the old Mafiosi sit at the back of a restaurant eating spaghetti, making or breaking lives,” Daoud said.

From Washington Times • Jun. 18, 2020

From out of the parish prison appeared another Italian, a counterfeiter, who had recently been arrested, and who proved to be a Pinkerton detective "planted" among the Mafiosi for a purpose.

From The Net by Beach, Rex Ellingwood