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Mafia

noun as in gang

Weak match

  • cosa nostra
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Ms. Keaton’s Kay, an outsider to the Corleone family, carries the burden of being the films’ sole moral voice, the only one who rejects the Mafia’s twisted and bloody codes.

Adding another who had just skated with the team’s self-professed “Finnish Mafia” at the 4 Nations Face-Off was a no brainer.

No full-fledged members of the Mexican Mafia were charged in Tuesday’s operation.

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Jose Landa-Rodriguez, a reputed Mexican Mafia member called “Fox,” will serve two more years in prison before being deported to Mexico under a plea agreement.

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According to recorded phone calls, La Familia’s leaders feared extradition and wanted the Mexican Mafia to protect them if they ended up in U.S. prisons.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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