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mafioso
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun mafioso has 2 senses
- mafioso(n = noun.person) Array - a member of the Sicilian Mafia; Array is a member of maffia, mafia, sicilian mafia
- mafioso(n = noun.person) Array - a member of the Mafia crime syndicate in the United States; Array is a member of cosa nostra, maffia, mafia
is a kind of sicilian
is a kind of criminal, crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw
CIDE DICTIONARY
mafioso, n. [It. maffioso.].
A member of the mafia. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
THESAURUS
mafioso
Young Turk, beast, beldam, berserk, berserker, black marketeer, bomber, bootlegger, brute, dealer, demon, devil, dragon, drug pusher, fiend, fire-eater, firebrand, fury, goon, gorilla, gray marketeer, gunsel, hardnose, hell-raiser, hellcat, hellhound, hellion, holy terror, hood, hoodlum, hothead, hotspur, incendiary, killer, mad dog, madcap, monster, moonshiner, mugger, pusher, racketeer, rapist, revolutionary, savage, she-wolf, spitfire, termagant, terror, terrorist, tiger, tigress, tough, tough guy, ugly customer, violent, virago, vixen, wild beast, witch, wolf
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