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Recent Examples of mafioso
Dissidents are born out of this choice: either assert their authentic selves or accept the authoritarian’s mafioso bargain, safety and protection in exchange for keeping one’s head down.
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Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 13 Dec. 2024
The General is superb in this mafioso mode (the costuming for his character in this episode is equally stellar), though his paranoia seems to have softened into willful determination.
—Terry Nguyen, Vulture, 12 May 2024
The romantic relationship between Chechen mafioso NoHo Hank and Bolivian crime boss Cristobal.
—Longreads, 18 Dec. 2024
Using his powers, Stanley must save his love interest Tina Carlyle (Diaz, 52) from mafioso Dorian Tyrell (Peter Greene) while evading law enforcement.
—Jen Juneau, People.com, 16 Dec. 2024
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Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 13 Dec. 2024
The General is superb in this mafioso mode (the costuming for his character in this episode is equally stellar), though his paranoia seems to have softened into willful determination.
—Terry Nguyen, Vulture, 12 May 2024
The romantic relationship between Chechen mafioso NoHo Hank and Bolivian crime boss Cristobal.
—Longreads, 18 Dec. 2024
Using his powers, Stanley must save his love interest Tina Carlyle (Diaz, 52) from mafioso Dorian Tyrell (Peter Greene) while evading law enforcement.
—Jen Juneau, People.com, 16 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mafioso
Noun
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In 1932 Chicago police raided an apparent summit meeting of gangsters, and arrested Lansky and five others on vagrancy charges.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
3 Apr. 2025
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Russian gangsters, grenades, terrorist plots, amnesia, and the idyllic Maine coastline all make an appearance.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
1 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Bell, a Ritchie regular, offers an uncouth but equally menacing counterpoint to Brosnan, a mobster who isn’t pretending that he’s crawled out of the muck.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Mar. 2025
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On July 28, 2022, this murder-for-hire scheme involving Russian mobsters and the Iranian regime targeting a defiant dissident was foiled in Brooklyn.—
Katrina Kaufman,
CBS News,
25 Mar. 2025
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During the same year, Lansky joined Mafia hoodlum Joe Adonis in the operation of a major bootleg liquor operation in New York, apparently his first close association with the Mafia.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
3 Apr. 2025
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Those secrets created De Niro’s glorified and most memorable street hoodlums and now befuddle his current crazy-man public image.—
Armond White,
National Review,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Mafioso.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mafioso. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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