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

He spent years in isolation after he says he was erroneously connected to the Mexican Mafia.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 14, 2025

But today he was too insistent, beckoning me like he was some kind of Mafia boss and I was supposed to hustle right over to him.

From "All American Boys" by Jason Reynolds