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The correct spelling is mafias. A hierarchically structured secret organisation engaged in illegal activities like distribution of narcotics, gambling and extortion. For example: "the digital mafia"

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the digital mafia

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noun

  1. 1.A hierarchically structured secret organisation engaged in illegal activities like distribution of narcotics, gambling and extortion.
  2. 2.A crime syndicate.
  3. 3.A trusted group of associates, as of a political leader.
  4. 4.(in compound terms such as "moral mafia") An entity which attempts to control a specified arena.

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