mafioso
noun
ma·fi·o·so
| \ ˌmä-fē-ˈō-(ˌ)sō
, ˌma-, -(ˌ)zō\
, ˌma-, -(ˌ)zō\
plural mafiosi\ ˌmä-fē-ˈō-(ˌ)sē
, ˌma- , -(ˌ)zē \
, ˌma- , -(ˌ)zē \
Definition of mafioso
: a member of the Mafia or a mafia
Examples of mafioso in a Sentence
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When, in 1971, the Italian government banished its worst mafiosi to live on Filicudi, the islanders, via total noncooperation, sent them packing. — Antonia Quirke, Condé Nast Traveler, "These Islands Near Sicily Might Be the Last Uncrowded Part of Italy," 22 Aug. 2019 Bill Camp is marvelously reptilian as a Brooklyn mafioso who lures them into an uneasy cross-borough alliance. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Review: Mob wives take over ‘The Kitchen,’ a ‘70s crime drama with more sizzle than steak," 8 Aug. 2019 Bill Camp is marvelously reptilian as a Brooklyn mafioso who lures them into an uneasy cross-borough alliance. — Los Angeles Times, "Review: Mob wives take over ‘The Kitchen,’ a ‘70s crime drama with more sizzle than steak," 7 Aug. 2019 McDonald’s put up posters with the slogan ‘‘Fuer echte Mampfiosi,’’ or ‘‘for real Mampfiosi’’ — the latter apparently a play on the German ‘‘Mampf,’’ meaning ‘‘chow,’’ and mafiosi. — BostonGlobe.com, "Coca-Cola stock boosted by sales of less sugary drinks," 25 July 2019 While appearing to be ‘revolutionary brethren in arms’, Maduro grants them certain powers and criminal territories to run as great mafiosi do. — Antonio Maria Delgado, miamiherald, "Here's why Venezuelan leader Maduro won't push his old rival out of the regime," 22 June 2018 Clean-cut, with a penchant for oversized glasses and black clothing, Shulaya, who was from the former Soviet Republic of Georgia, looked more tech bro than mafioso. — Garrett Graff, Longreads, "A Vor Never Sleeps," 5 June 2018 That didn’t stop him from continuing to report on the mafia and taking a number of the mafiosi who threatened him to court. — Gaia Pianigiani, New York Times, "The Mafia Reporter With a Police Escort (and the 200 Journalists Like Him)," 20 May 2018 Get our daily newsletter Gangs are nothing new: bikers and Balkan mafiosi have traded drugs and occasional bullets in Sweden since the early 1990s. — The Economist, "Gangs of StockholmWhy are young men in Sweden shooting each other?," 8 Mar. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'mafioso.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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mafioso
noun
English Language Learners Definition of mafioso
: a member of the Mafia
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