mafia是什么意思

音标:英 ['mæfɪə]美 ['mɑ:fɪr]

黑手党, 秘密政党

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

mafia的用法和例句：

1. The mafia, sleeping with the fishes and all that.

黑帮 让人葬身鱼腹之类的

2. So, we eliminated the mafia being a possible suspect.

所以我们排除了被黑帮杀害这一可能性

3. Oh, the mafia are quite good at this.

哦 黑手党还挺擅长这个的

4. They caught me redhanded with stolen mafia loot.

我和满屋子黑帮贼赃被逮个人赃并获