| Main Entry: | Mafia |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gang |
Synonyms: |
cosa nostra, family, mafioso, underworld |
| Notes: | mafia in Sicilian means 'boldness, bluster, swagger' or 'beauty, excellence, bravery'; mafia is the organization and mafioso is an individual member |
| Main Entry: | circle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group of close friends, associates |
Synonyms: |
Mafia, assembly, bunch, cabal, camarilla, camp, clan, class, clique, club, companions, company, comrades, coterie, crew, cronies, crowd, crush, fraternity, gang, in-group, insiders, intimates, lot, mob, outfit, party, posse, ring, school, set, society, sorority |
| Main Entry: | clique |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group of friends |
Synonyms: |
Mafia, bunch, cabal, camarilla, camp, circle, clan, club, coterie, crew, crowd, crush, faction, gang, in-group, insiders, lobby, mob, organization, outfit, pack, posse, ring, set, society |
| Main Entry: | combination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | alliance, association |
Synonyms: |
affiliation, bloc, cabal, cahoots, camarilla, cartel, circle, clique, club, coadunation, coalition, combine, compound, confederacy, confederation, conjunction, connection, consolidation, consortium, conspiracy, coterie, faction, federation, gang, guild, hookup, mafia, melding, mergence, merger, merging, partnership, party, pool, ring, set, syndicate, tie-up, trust, unification, union |
Antonyms: |
dissolution, disunion, separation, severance |
| Main Entry: | organized crime |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | coordinated criminal organization |
Synonyms: |
Black Hand, Cosa Nostra, Mafia, gangland, mob, organized crime family, the Syndicate, the mob, the rackets, the syndicate, the underworld |
| Main Entry: | ring |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group participating together |
Synonyms: |
Mafia, association, band, bloc, bunch, cabal, camp, cartel, cell, circle, clan, clique, coalition, combination, combine, corner, coterie, crew, crowd, faction, gang, in-group, junta, junto, knot, mob, monopoly, organization, outfit, party, pool, push, racket, syndicate, troop, troupe, trust |
| Main Entry: | underworld |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | criminal activity, element |
Synonyms: |
Cosa Nostra, Mafia, abyss, criminals, felonry, gangland, gangsters, mob*, organized crime, racket, riffraff, syndicate |
| Main Entry: | Cosa Nostra |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | the Mafia |
Synonyms: |
Black Hand, Mafia, Syndicate, gangdom, gangland, mob, organized crime, organized crime family, rackets, the Syndicate, the mob, the underworld, underworld |
| Main Entry: | circle |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
Related
Adjectives: |
annular, bead-like, bell-shaped, belted, bulbiform, bulbous, campaniform, campaniliform, campanulate, circinate, circular, circumrotatory, columnar, conic, conical, coniform, cycloidal, cyclostomate, cylindric, cylindrical, cylindroid, egg-shaped, elliptic, elliptical, full-orbed, fungiform, gibbous, gimmal, globated, globose, globous, globular, guttiform, gyratory, knobbed, lobed, lumbriciform, molendinaceous, moniliform, obconic, obrotund, ooid, orbicular, oval, ovate, oviform, ovoid, ovopyriform, pear-shaped, penannular, peristrephic, pyriform, ringed, rotary, rotating, rotatory, rotund, round, rounded, spherical, spheroidal, stobic, strobic, strombuliform, trochiform, trochilic, vertiginous, vortical, vorticose
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| Concept: | Combination. |
| Category: | 3. CONJUNCTIVE QUANTITY |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
-verbs
combine, unite, incorporate, amalgamate, embody, absorb, reembody, blend, merge, fuse, melt into one, consolidate, coalesce, centralize, impregnate; put together, lump together; cement a union, marry.
-adjectives
combined; impregnated with, ingrained; imbued, inoculated.
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Antonyms: |
decomposition |
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