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SICILIAN MAFIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A secret terrorist group in Sicily; originally opposed tyranny but evolved into a criminal organization in the middle of the 19th century
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("Sicilian Mafia" is a kind of...):
gangdom; gangland; organized crime (underworld organizations)
Meronyms (members of "Sicilian Mafia"):
mafioso (a member of the Sicilian Mafia)
Domain category:
act of terrorism; terrorism; terrorist act (the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear)
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