Mafia

Example Sentences

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“Anthony the Turk” sounds like the sobriquet of a scoundrel in a Mafia movie.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Calm, lawyerly, reasonable, he was the smooth corporation man who made the Mafia professional.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

"I played Mafia growing up... I played that for 15 years. I became very good at any game where I had to play a straight face."

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2026

Asked at a parole hearing in 2022 if he worked for the Mexican Mafia, Nania replied: “That’s absolutely false.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2025

But some folks are absolutely convinced he is, like, this Sicilian accountant who testified against the Mafia, and had to be hidden by that secret Witness Belocation Program.

From "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie