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UK
/mˌæfɪˈəʊsəʊ/
]
NOUN
- a member of the Sicilian Mafia
- a member of the Mafia crime syndicate in the United States
How To Use mafioso In A Sentence
- The relationship between Tony Blair and Gordon Brown became so hostile that Blair described his chancellor as "mad, bad, dangerous and beyond redemption" and likened Brown's behaviour to that of a "mafioso" in his dealings with him, Lord Mandelson has revealed. Mandelson's memoirs: Blair thought Brown was 'mad, bad and dangerous'
- Pulling over, Henry throws open the trunk to reveal the blood-spattered body of a rival mafioso.
- The Mafioso who collaborated with the police was executed
- On Monday, the Ministry of Culture issued a notice banning online games that feature Mafioso kingpins, marauding street gangs or any sort of hooliganism predisposed to organization.
- But all the same her stomach saw fit to turn over when Marc nodded goodbye to his type-cast mafioso friend and came towards her little car. LAST SHOT
- As he knew himself, however, his father's own status as a Mafioso protected him from reprisals.
- That particular deception was justified by the recent election: the Lib Dems, whose predictions of forming a government have always seemed an absolute hoot, did take power, while Labour, which looked doomed (and surely would have been if Mandelson's book had come out in March), came very close to keeping the "mafioso" (as Mandy says Tony called him) in No10. Warning: you are about to be dazzled by a flash minister
- Bribery puts dirty money into the hands of politicians, but corrupt politicians are exposed to extortion from mafiosos.
- But all the same her stomach saw fit to turn over when Marc nodded goodbye to his type-cast mafioso friend and came towards her little car. LAST SHOT
- This was more of a genteel supper party than a Mafioso-style meeting of the families, but it was all about making deals nevertheless.