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

1 sense of cosa nostra

Sense 1
Mafia, Maffia, Cosa Nostra -- (a crime syndicate in the United States; organized in families; believed to have important relations to the Sicilian Mafia)
       => syndicate, crime syndicate, mob, family -- (a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities)