maffia

maffia - noun

a crime syndicate in the United States; organized in families; believed to have important relations to the Sicilian Mafia

a secret terrorist group in Sicily; originally opposed tyranny but evolved into a criminal organization in the middle of the 19th century

any tightly knit group of trusted associates

maffia - thesaurus

Scrabble score = 14

"I ran the trial with a small group of students over three weeks before the summer holidays," she says. "I quickly saw the benefits, and signed up."

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