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Meaning
Noun
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In Collectives & Corruption:
A
hierarchically
structured
secret
organisation
engaged
in
illegal
activities like
distribution
of
narcotics
,
gambling
and extortion.
●
In Collectives & Corruption:
A
crime
syndicate.
●
In Collectives & Corruption:
A
trusted
group of
associates
,
as of
a political leader.
●
In Collectives & Corruption:
An
entity
which
attempts
to control a
specified
arena
by
violence
or threats.
Name
●
The Mob: any particular
mafia
,
mentioned
uniquely
within the discussion's
established
or
implicit
context
, usually and especially the Sicilian-Italian–Italian-American one (especially in American English) but
occasionally
others (e.g; the Russian one, the Japanese one).
The international
criminal
organization of Sicilian
origin
operating
in Italy and the United States.
●
The Mob: any particular
mafia
,
mentioned
uniquely
within the discussion's
established
or
implicit
context
, usually and especially the Sicilian-Italian–Italian-American one (especially in American English) but
occasionally
others (e.g; the Russian one, the Japanese one).
Any other specific
organized crime
syndicate
operating
internationally
in
high-level
organized crime
; often with a
modifying
adjective
, such as a nationality.
●
A
party game
modelling
a
conflict
between an
informed
minority
(the
mafia
) and an
uninformed
majority
(the
innocents
). Each
player
is
secretly
assigned
a role within one of these
teams
, and the
innocents
attempt
to
identify
the
mafia
members before they are all "murdered".
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