Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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crime syndicate | Yes | No | No | No |
Maffia | Yes | No | No | No |
crime syndicate (noun) | Maffia (noun) |
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a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities | a crime syndicate in the United States; organized in families; believed to have important relations to the Sicilian Mafia |
a secret terrorist group in Sicily; originally opposed tyranny but evolved into a criminal organization in the middle of the 19th century |