sicilian mafia

1. 1.

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

   SynonymsMafiaMaffia

   Broaderorganized crime

   terrorism

Questions about sicilian mafia

What does sicilian mafia mean?

sicilian mafia means "a secret terrorist group in Sicily; originally opposed tyranny but evolved into a criminal organization in the middle of the 19th century".

What is another word for sicilian mafia?

Close synonyms include Mafia, Maffia. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sicilian mafia a common word?

sicilian mafia is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.