MAFIA
What does "MAFIA" mean?
An organized secret society engaged in crime, originally Sicilian.
Meanings
- An organized international body engaged in racketeering and crime, originating in Sicily. Prosecutors spent years building a case against the local mafia.
- Any closed group seen as wielding power through influence and intimidation. He complained about the literary mafia who decided which novels got reviewed. figurative
Did you know?
- The word reached a wide public through a play: the 1863 Sicilian drama 'I mafiusi di la Vicaria' set its mafiosi in a Palermo prison and helped fix the term in everyday speech.
Word origin
From Sicilian 'mafia', of uncertain origin but linked to a 19th-century sense of boldness or swagger; popularized after the 1863 Sicilian play 'I mafiusi di la Vicaria'.
Remember it
MAFIA: 'My Aunt's Family Is Armed' — a vivid, harmless way to lock the letters.
A little poem
A handshake warm, a debt unsaid-
the favor lives long after you're dead.
couplet
What it teaches
Any favor offered with no price named is the most expensive kind there is.
Quick facts
What does MAFIA mean?
An organized secret society engaged in crime, originally Sicilian.
Is MAFIA a valid word?
Yes — MAFIA is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is MAFIA?
MAFIA has 5 letters and 3 syllables.
Where does MAFIA come from?
From Sicilian 'mafia', of uncertain origin but linked to a 19th-century sense of boldness or swagger; popularized after the 1863 Sicilian play 'I mafiusi di la Vicaria'.
What can MAFIA teach us?
Any favor offered with no price named is the most expensive kind there is.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.