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Maffia vs organized crime

organized crime vs Maffia

Maffia and organized crime both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
Maffia Yes No No No
organized crime Yes No No No
As nouns, organized crime is a hypernym of Maffia; that is, organized crime is a word with a broader meaning than Maffia:
  • Maffia: a secret terrorist group in Sicily; originally opposed tyranny but evolved into a criminal organization in the middle of the 19th century
  • organized crime: underworld organizations
Other hypernyms of Maffia include gangdom, gangland.
Maffia (noun) organized crime (noun)
a crime syndicate in the United States; organized in families; believed to have important relations to the Sicilian Mafia underworld organizations
a secret terrorist group in Sicily; originally opposed tyranny but evolved into a criminal organization in the middle of the 19th century
Difference between Maffia and organized crime

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