Look up mafia in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
A mafia is an ethnic, family or culture-based organized crime enterprise.
Mafia usually refers specifically to:
- Sicilian Mafia, the original "Mafia", often referred to simply as "the Mafia"
- American Mafia, an Italian-American offshoot of the original Sicilian Mafia often referred to simply as "The Mafia" in the United States
- Ethnic Italian organized crime in general and organized crime in Italy