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The public's association of the word with the criminal secret society was perhaps inspired by the 1863 play 'I mafiusi di la Vicaria' ( it) ('The Mafiosi of the Vicaria') by Giuseppe Rizzotto and Gaspare Mosca. MaКїДЃfir (Щ…Ш№Ш§ЩЃШ±) = the name of an Arab tribe that ruled Palermo.mahyДЃб№Ј (Щ…Щ‡ЩЉШ§Шµ) = aggressive boasting, bragging.Those who pay it are 'exempted' from prosecution. In Islamic law, Jizya is the yearly tax imposed on non-Muslims residing in Muslim lands. Possible Arabic roots of the word include: Sicily was once an Islamic emirate, therefore mafia might have Arabic roots. The Sicilian word mafie refers to the caves near Trapani and Marsala, which were often used as hiding places for refugees and criminals. In reference to a woman, however, the feminine-form adjective, 'mafiusa', means beautiful and attractive. In reference to a man, mafiusu in 19th-century Sicily was ambiguous, signifying a bully, arrogant but also fearless, enterprising and proud, according to scholar Diego Gambetta. The Sicilian adjective mafiusu (in Italian: mafioso) roughly translates to mean ' swagger,' but can also be translated as 'boldness, bravado'.

3.9 War against the state and Riina's downfall.

2.2 Mafia-type organizations under Italian law.

By the 20th century, following wide-scale emigration from Sicily, mafiosi established gangs in North and South America which replicate the traditions and methods of their Sicilian ancestors. The Mafia's core activities are protection racketeering, the arbitration of disputes between criminals, and the organizing and oversight of illegal agreements and transactions. Its members call themselves ' men of honour', although the public often refers to them as mafiosi. Each family claims sovereignty over a territory, usually a town or village or a neighbourhood ( borgata) of a larger city, in which it operates its rackets. The basic group is known as a 'family', 'clan', or cosca.

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It is a loose association of criminal groups that share a common organisational structure and code of conduct, and present themselves to the public under a common brand. The Sicilian Mafia, also simply known as the Mafia and frequently referred to as Cosa Nostra ( Italian:, Sicilian: 'our thing') by its members, is an Italian Mafia- terrorist-type organized crime syndicate and criminal society originating in the region of Sicily and dating to at least the 19th century. Racketeering, drug trafficking, murder, extortion, loan sharking, assault, smuggling, terrorism, illegal gambling, prostitution, theft, money laundering, arms trafficking, fraud, fencing, kidnapping, robbery Mostly western Sicily, particularly Palermo, Trapani, and Agrigento For similar organizations generally, see Mafia. For the Italian-American counterpart also known as the Mafia or Cosa Nostra, see American Mafia.

For other Italian criminal organizations, see Organized crime in Italy. 'The Mafia' and 'Cosa Nostra' redirect here.

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