maffeo barberini
- n Italian pope from 1623 to 1644 who sanctioned the condemnation of Galileo but later freed him (1568-1644)
maffia
- n a crime syndicate in the United States; organized in families; believed to have important relations to the Sicilian Mafia
- n a secret terrorist group in Sicily; originally opposed tyranny but evolved into a criminal organization in the middle of the 19th century
- n any tightly knit group of trusted associates
mafia
- n a crime syndicate in the United States; organized in families; believed to have important relations to the Sicilian Mafia
- n a secret terrorist group in Sicily; originally opposed tyranny but evolved into a criminal organization in the middle of the 19th century
- n any tightly knit group of trusted associates