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SICILIAN MAFIA

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A secret terrorist group in Sicily; originally opposed tyranny but evolved into a criminal organization in the middle of the 19th century

Synonyms:

Maffia; Mafia; Sicilian Mafia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("Sicilian Mafia" is a kind of...):

gangdom; gangland; organized crime (underworld organizations)

Meronyms (members of "Sicilian Mafia"):

mafioso (a member of the Sicilian Mafia)

Domain category:

act of terrorism; terrorism; terrorist act (the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear)

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