mafioso
noun
a member of a Mafia or of a mafia.
mafiosi
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pluralof mafioso.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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There’s a catch, a gimmick even, as De Niro stars opposite himself, playing both Frank Costello and Vito Genovese, two notorious real-life Italian American mafiosi who have inspired many movies and documentaries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2025
Far from the stately La Scala opera house, the Opera prison on Milan’s southern edge has over 1,400 inmates, including 101 mafiosi held under a strict regime of near-total isolation.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 13, 2024
January 1992 saw final appeals by 360 mafiosi convicted at the Maxi trial of 1985-87 thanks to the endeavours of two phenomenons in anti-mafia history: investigating magistrates Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 17, 2019
In his two decades with the squad, one of its members - known as IMD - has helped to catch nearly 300 mafiosi.
From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2016
When I heard this, his extremely courteous manner reminded me of the Robin Hood side of the Cristiani, and of the oriental hospitality of the mafiosi towards strangers.
From Castellinaria and Other Sicilian Diversions by Henry Festing Jones
