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Recent Examples of mafioso
In short: were these monkeys mafiosi or aspiring Buddhas?
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Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2025
On Saturday, August 9, Prospect Park welcomed with classic rap enthusiasts spanning the ‘80s, ‘90s, early 2000s to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Wu-Tang Clan member Raekwon’s solo debut, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx — staple of mafioso rap, and widely regarded as one of hip-hop’s greatest albums.
—Ime Ekpo, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
As the 133 cardinals who voted during the papal conclave became more known to the public in recent days, enjoying a brief bout of internet fame, some close watchers began to notice that one looked shockingly similar to a television mafioso.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 10 May 2025
Football folk have memories that would impress elephants and a mafioso’s capacity for holding grudges.
—Michael Walker, New York Times, 9 May 2025
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Noun
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Or downtown was too unsafe, during the gangster era.—
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Beset by gangs and guns, the Haçienda faltered in the ’90s despite clever-sounding schemes such as replacing the club’s security with the gangsters themselves.—
Noun
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On the mobster as a character and a political entity.—
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As a mobster and street hustler, Luke brought new drama to the medical soap, including espionage storylines and overseas subplots.—
Noun
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These involve raiding the lairs of hoodlum rivals, then singlehandedly dissuading them from competition.—
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The story, originally conceived by Truffaut, is a thin, desultory affair, about a French hoodlum on the run and his doomed fling with an American expat.—
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“Mafioso.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mafioso. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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