mafioso
Example Sentences
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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.
A few months before that, as The Post reported, sitting Senate Democrats, including the now-chairman of the Judiciary Committee, sent the court an outrageous amicus brief that read like a ransom note from junior-varsity mafiosos.
From Washington Post
In the film, Tony’s mafioso future isn’t yet a foregone conclusion.
From Seattle Times
“The Many Saints of Newark,” though, rewinds “The Sopranos” to late ’60s, early ’70s Newark and a different generation of New Jersey mafiosos.
From Seattle Times
Denaro is Italy's most wanted mafioso who once boasted he could "fill a cemetery" with his victims.
From BBC
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