mafioso

[mah-fee-oh-soh]

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noun, plural ma·fi·o·si

[mah-fee-oh-see] /ˌmɑ fiˈoʊ si/, ma·fi·o·sos. (sometimes initial capital letter)

a member of a Mafia or of a mafia.

Origin of mafioso

1870–75; < Italian, equivalent to Mafi(a) Mafia + -oso < Latin -ōsus (see -ous)

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Examples from the Web for mafiosi

Contemporary Examples

A handful of Mafiosi serving sentences in Italian prisons started cooperating with the police, becoming “pentiti” or turncoats.
Pope Francis May Be Risking His Life by Taking on the Mafia
Barbie Latza Nadeau
June 23, 2014
“The Mafiosi can not have possession of good things,” Emiliano said at a press conference after the killings in Puglia.
The Little Boy Mowed Down By The Mafia
Barbie Latza Nadeau
March 20, 2014
It was a feud between Mafiosi who rubbed each other out with mortars or cannons.
30 Years After the Beirut Bombing We Have Learned Nothing
Christopher Dickey
October 23, 2013
The bar was a gathering place for gamblers, mobsters, mafiosi, and, occasionally, corrupt cops and agents.
Whitey Bulger’s Women: Inside the Terror and Glamour of His Ex-Girlfriends
T.J. English
June 11, 2012
Armed with inside information, Bulger outmaneuvered rival Mafiosi and dodged local criminal investigations.
The Last Godfather
T.J. English
June 26, 2011

Historical Examples

The ancestors of the mafiosi used to call themselves Cristiani—that is Men in the sense of men of courage and silence.
Castellinaria
Henry Festing Jones

British Dictionary definitions for mafiosi

mafioso

noun plural -sos or -si (Italian -si)

a person belonging to the Mafia

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Examples from the Web for mafiosi

Contemporary Examples

A handful of Mafiosi serving sentences in Italian prisons started cooperating with the police, becoming “pentiti” or turncoats.

“The Mafiosi can not have possession of good things,” Emiliano said at a press conference after the killings in Puglia.

It was a feud between Mafiosi who rubbed each other out with mortars or cannons.

The bar was a gathering place for gamblers, mobsters, mafiosi, and, occasionally, corrupt cops and agents.

Armed with inside information, Bulger outmaneuvered rival Mafiosi and dodged local criminal investigations.

Historical Examples

The ancestors of the mafiosi used to call themselves Cristiani—that is Men in the sense of men of courage and silence.

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