Example Sentences

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As Henry Farrell of the Washington Post wrote, it's "the way that Mafiosi speak to each other, to avoid trouble."

From Salon • Feb. 1, 2022

“It’s a Mafiosi system that is replicated on all levels,” said François Damerval, a local politician for an environmentalist party.

From Washington Post • May 1, 2021

“It’s like one of those American films, where the old Mafiosi sit at the back of a restaurant eating spaghetti, making or breaking lives,” Daoud said.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 18, 2020

“It’s like one of those American films, where the old Mafiosi sit at the back of a restaurant eating spaghetti, making or breaking lives,” Daoud said.

From Washington Times • Jun. 18, 2020

Whether he calls himself Cardi or something else makes no difference; there has been an intelligence of a high order at work among the Mafiosi and the banditti of this neighborhood for many years.

From The Net by Beach, Rex Ellingwood