Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sicilian_mafia

1 sense of sicilian mafia

Sense 1
Mafia, Maffia, Sicilian Mafia -- (a secret terrorist group in Sicily; originally opposed tyranny but evolved into a criminal organization in the middle of the 19th century)
       => organized crime, gangland, gangdom -- (underworld organizations)