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maffia

maffia is the obsolete spelling of mafia.

Meaning of mafia

Noun

mafia (plural mafias)

  1. A hierarchically structured secret organisation engaged in illegal activities like distribution of narcotics, gambling and extortion.
  2. A crime syndicate.
  3. A trusted group of associates, as of a political leader.
  4. (in-compounds) An entity which attempts to control a specified arena by violence or threats.
    • moral mafia

See all 7 meanings of mafia

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Maffia

Maffia (plural Maffias)

  1. A surname from Italian.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Maffia

Maffia

  1. (obsolete) Obsolete spelling of Mafia.

Forms of maffia

Noun
pluralmaffias
Proper noun
pluralMaffias

Origin of maffia

Borrowed from Italian Maffia.

Words that rhyme with maffia

Questions about maffia

What does maffia mean?
Maffia means a surname from Italian.
What is maffia the obsolete spelling of?
Maffia is the obsolete spelling of mafia.
What part of speech is maffia?
Maffia is a proper noun.

Words near maffia in the dictionary

  1. maff
  2. Maffeo
  3. Maffeos
  4. Maffett
  5. Maffetts
  6. maffia
  7. maffias
  8. maffick
  9. mafficked
  10. mafficker
  11. maffickers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: maffia (page history and authors); Maffia (page history and authors); mafia (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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