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Recent Examples of mafioso
The romantic relationship between Chechen mafioso NoHo Hank and Bolivian crime boss Cristobal.
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Longreads, 18 Dec. 2024
Using his powers, Stanley must save his love interest Tina Carlyle (Diaz, 52) from mafioso Dorian Tyrell (Peter Greene) while evading law enforcement.
—Jen Juneau, People.com, 16 Dec. 2024
Ostensibly, Fulmer was Tennessee's AD during that time, but that was about as genuine as a mafioso's olive oil business.
—Blake Toppmeyer, The Tennessean, 28 Mar. 2024
The top mafioso, convicted of masterminding some of Italy’s most heinous slayings — including the killings of prosecutors Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino — subsequently died in September of last year in a maximum-security prison.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 5 Sep. 2024
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Longreads, 18 Dec. 2024
Using his powers, Stanley must save his love interest Tina Carlyle (Diaz, 52) from mafioso Dorian Tyrell (Peter Greene) while evading law enforcement.
—Jen Juneau, People.com, 16 Dec. 2024
Ostensibly, Fulmer was Tennessee's AD during that time, but that was about as genuine as a mafioso's olive oil business.
—Blake Toppmeyer, The Tennessean, 28 Mar. 2024
The top mafioso, convicted of masterminding some of Italy’s most heinous slayings — including the killings of prosecutors Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino — subsequently died in September of last year in a maximum-security prison.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 5 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mafioso
Noun
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Three Thai women were rescued after a group of Chinese gangsters enslaved them in the former Soviet republic of Georgia in order to harvest their eggs.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
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Ball of Fire also pairs up a gangster’s moll, Sugarpuss O’Shea (Barbara Stanwyck), and a professor, Bertram Potts (Gary Cooper) who work together trying to take down her mob boss boyfriend, all while falling in love.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
People.com,
10 Feb. 2025
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Regulars included mobsters, politicians and the super famous: Clark Gable, Elizabeth Taylor, Marilyn Monroe, Humphrey Bogart, Dean Martin, Gregory Peck, Cary Grant, Kirk Douglas and Bob Hope.—
Carolynn Carreño,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Feb. 2025
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When mobsters arrive to collect on an unpaid debt, his tranquil world is torn apart, forcing him to confront his past in a pulse-pounding showdown.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
6 Feb. 2025
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When Jennifer Lawrence isn’t full-frontally beating the bejesus out of insouciant hoodlums, that is.—
Charles Bramesco,
Vulture,
10 Feb. 2025
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However, their dreams are threatened by the hoodlums in the Riverbottom Gang.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
30 Nov. 2024
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“Mafioso.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mafioso. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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