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mafioso

[ mah-fee-oh-soh ]

/ ˌmɑ fiˈoʊ soʊ /

noun, plural ma·fi·o·si [mah-fee-oh-see] /ˌmɑ fiˈoʊ si/, ma·fi·o·sos. (sometimes initial capital letter)

a member of a Mafia or of a mafia.

Origin of mafioso

1870–75; < Italian, equivalent to Mafi(a) Mafia + -oso < Latin -ōsus (see -ous)

Words nearby mafioso

maff, maffick, mafia, mafic, mafikeng, mafioso, mafted, maftir, mag, mag card, mag tape

Example sentences from the Web for mafiosi

A handful of Mafiosi serving sentences in Italian prisons started cooperating with the police, becoming “pentiti” or turncoats.

Pope Francis May Be Risking His Life by Taking on the Mafia |Barbie Latza Nadeau |June 23, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
“The Mafiosi can not have possession of good things,” Emiliano said at a press conference after the killings in Puglia.

The Little Boy Mowed Down By The Mafia |Barbie Latza Nadeau |March 20, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
It was a feud between Mafiosi who rubbed each other out with mortars or cannons.

30 Years After the Beirut Bombing We Have Learned Nothing |Christopher Dickey |October 23, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
The bar was a gathering place for gamblers, mobsters, mafiosi, and, occasionally, corrupt cops and agents.

Whitey Bulger’s Women: Inside the Terror and Glamour of His Ex-Girlfriends |T.J. English |June 11, 2012 |DAILY BEAST

Armed with inside information, Bulger outmaneuvered rival Mafiosi and dodged local criminal investigations.

The Last Godfather |T.J. English |June 26, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
The ancestors of the mafiosi used to call themselves Cristiani—that is Men in the sense of men of courage and silence.

Castellinaria |Henry Festing Jones

British Dictionary definitions for mafiosi

mafioso

/ (ˌmæfɪˈəʊsəʊ, Italian mafiˈoso) /

noun plural -sos or -si (Italian -si)

a person belonging to the Mafia