Mafia

Example Sentences

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His collaborations with Drakeo and Shoreline Mafia ushered in a new wave that upended conventional expectations of what local hip-hop could look and sound like.

From Los Angeles Times

The lawsuit argues that this collusion violated antitrust laws and the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, once used to prosecute the Mafia.

From Salon

The word “vendetta,” infuriated Cuomo because it is associated with the Mafia, and he and de Blasio were two Italian American men in a dispute.

From Washington Post

That includes a longtime special agent in Chicago who pleaded guilty to infiltrating the DEA on behalf of drug traffickers and another accused of accepting $250,000 in bribes to protect the Mafia.

From Seattle Times

The presiding judge, Giuseppe Pignatone, is a retired chief prosecutor of Rome who earlier in his career took on the Mafia and economic wrongdoing in Sicily.

From Seattle Times