Mafia

Example Sentences

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“Anthony the Turk” sounds like the sobriquet of a scoundrel in a Mafia movie.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Calm, lawyerly, reasonable, he was the smooth corporation man who made the Mafia professional.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

"I played Mafia growing up... I played that for 15 years. I became very good at any game where I had to play a straight face."

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2026

Kaitlyn Dever, “Apple Cider Vinegar” “If there’s any justice in this world, Cristin Milioti will make the cut for her portrayal of Mafia daughter/complex villain Sofia Falcone in ‘The Penguin.’

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2025

When not sleeping or studying, Thetans were fond of video games, constructing and solving elaborate puzzles, playing, inventing, and reimagining board games, and pretending to kill one another as part of live-action Mafia games.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater