1. a crime syndicate in the United States; organized in families; believed to have important relations to the Sicilian Mafia; [syn: Mafia, Maffia, Cosa Nostra]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Cosa Nostra
n 1: a crime syndicate in the United States; organized in
families; believed to have important relations to the
Sicilian Mafia [syn: Mafia, Maffia, Cosa Nostra]