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mafia meaning in Telugu

మాఫియా

/ˈmæfi.ə/US/ˈmɑfi.ə/

mafia in Telugu: మాఫియా, మాఫియాలు. In English, mafia means a hierarchically structured secret organisation engaged in illegal activities like distribution of narcotics, gambling and extortion.

Telugu words for mafia

మాఫియా, మాఫియాలు

English meaning of mafia

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

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Questions about mafia in Telugu

What is the meaning of mafia in Telugu?
Mafia in Telugu is మాఫియా, మాఫియాలు.
mafia అంటే తెలుగులో అర్థం ఏమిటి?
Mafia: మాఫియా, మాఫియాలు.
What does mafia mean in English?
Mafia means a hierarchically structured secret organisation engaged in illegal activities like distribution of narcotics, gambling and extortion.

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Telugu words: machine translation by IndicTrans2 (AI4Bharat, MIT license), kept only when it translates back to “mafia”. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: mafia (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Telugu words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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