See mafia in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"sense": "a crime syndicate",
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"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "mâfyâ",
"sense": "a crime syndicate",
"word": "مافیا"
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"sense": "a crime syndicate",
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"sense": "a crime syndicate",
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"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "a crime syndicate",
"word": "sindikato"
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"roman": "mafiya",
"sense": "a crime syndicate",
"word": "мафия"
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"code": "th",
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"roman": "maa-fiia",
"sense": "a crime syndicate",
"word": "มาเฟีย"
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"sense": "a crime syndicate",
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"code": "uz",
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"sense": "a crime syndicate",
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"word": "xã hội đen"
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