Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA hierarchically structured secret organisation engaged in illegal activities like distribution of narcotics, gambling and extortion. · A crime syndicate. · A trusted group of associates, as of a political leader. · An entity which attempts to control a specified arena by violence or threats.
See Mafia. The sense "entity which attempts to control a specified arena" makes an analogy to crime-syndicate mafias' attempts to control certain kinds of business in the regions in which they exist.
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