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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Maf·fi·a Ma·fi·a, n.
 1. A secret society which organized in Sicily as a political organization, but is now widespread among Italians, and is used to further or protect private interests, reputedly by illegal methods; called also the Sicilian Mafia. [wns=2]
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Sicilian Mafia
      n : a secret terrorist group in Sicily; originally opposed
          tyranny but evolved into a criminal organization in the
          middle of the 19th century [syn: Mafia, Maffia]