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n. - A secret terrorist group in Sicily; A crime syndicate, often based on a family-type structure.

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  • The term Maffia is very appropriate, as this phenomena is a mirror of what happened with the Italian, specifically the Sicilians: these are good, decent nd hard working...
  • This article on the Color Maffia, which I link for myself and my fellow employees such as Becky and Shannon.
  • The evening's other highlights were the baseball hatted Pop Group and Maffia alumnus Mark Stewart, who screamed incomprehensibly over a white noise track for 3 minutes.
  • Dylan Walsh, Joely Richardson, John Hensley Roma Maffia, and even Kelly Carlson (a piece of luscious eye candy in such films as STARSHIP TROOPERS 2) round out a...
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