mafioso
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Gandolfini felt uneasy about the idea of playing mafioso “Sammy the Bull” Gravano in the 1996 HBO movie “Gotti,” but he took the part anyway.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2025
Prosecutors said the mob chief built a wide array of financial interests that went far beyond traditional mafioso concerns, helping him set up a loyal network of white collar professionals.
From Reuters ● Jan. 25, 2023
In many ways they paved the way for his mafioso style of governance.
From Salon ● Dec. 17, 2021
In the film, Tony’s mafioso future isn’t yet a foregone conclusion.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 1, 2021
The guy smiled but said nothing, like a mafioso who suspects you’re wearing a wire.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 1, 2021
There’s a catch, a gimmick even, as De Niro stars opposite himself, playing both Frank Costello and Vito Genovese, two notorious real-life Italian American mafiosi who have inspired many movies and documentaries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2025
Far from the stately La Scala opera house, the Opera prison on Milan’s southern edge has over 1,400 inmates, including 101 mafiosi held under a strict regime of near-total isolation.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 13, 2024
Italian prosecutors convinced their EU counterparts to join the crusade on the premise of a somewhat romantic principle: that the same strategy employed to capture mafiosi could be used to combat people-smugglers.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 29, 2018
In his two decades with the squad, one of its members - known as IMD - has helped to catch nearly 300 mafiosi.
From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2016
When I heard this, his extremely courteous manner reminded me of the Robin Hood side of the Cristiani, and of the oriental hospitality of the mafiosi towards strangers.
From Castellinaria and Other Sicilian Diversions by Henry Festing Jones
“Saying that I defended mafiosos is dark legend. False. I defended people with problems,” he told the podcaster Luis Fernando Villa.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026
Scorsese grew up in New York’s Little Italy as a Catholic altar boy and aspiring priest who was also fascinated by the mafiosos that loomed large in his community.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
Stereotypes abound when it comes to therapy, whether that’s counselors guiding mafiosos through their anxieties like Dr. Melfi in “The Sopranos” or quippy counselors on the British comedy-drama “Fleabag” giving clients ominous feedback.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 19, 2023
“If we were connected to a cartel, we would be the only mafiosos in history to last more than three presidential administrations.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2010
“When Frank Sinatra was alive he’d be dining with a bunch of mafiosos every night, but you guys never brought him in for questioning.”
From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez
