Mafia
noun
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Sense 1 noun
a crime syndicate in the United States; organized in families; believed to have important relations to the Sicilian Mafia
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Sense 2 noun
a secret terrorist group in Sicily; originally opposed tyranny but evolved into a criminal organization in the middle of the 19th century
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
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| 1 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | omerta |
| 1 | member meronym | Parts & wholes | mafioso |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | syndicate |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | terrorism |
| 2 | member meronym | Parts & wholes | mafioso |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | organized crime |