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".
The international criminal organization of Sicilian origin operating in Italy and the United States.
Any other specific organized crime syndicate operating internationally in high-level organized crime; often with a modifying adjective, such as a nationality.
A long-standing group of people sharing cultural aspects such as language, dress, norms of behavior and artistic forms.
A group of people who meet from time to time to engage in a common interest; an association or organization.
The sum total of all voluntary interrelations between individuals.
High society.
The people of one’s country or community taken as a whole.
A number of people joined by mutual consent to deliberate, determine and act toward a common goal.