Mafia

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If you can hobble or wheel yourself onto the ferry, you may be lucky enough to join the mafia-like gangs trading in cheap clothes, alcohol and cigarettes.
如果你能跌跌撞撞地，或者坐着轮椅进渡船，你可能会幸运地看到类似黑手党的一帮人，有卖便宜的衣服，也有卖烟酒的。
Large areas of Guatemala—including some of its prisons—are out of the government’s control; and, despite the efforts of its president, the government is infiltrated by the mafia.
危地马拉的大部分地区——包括一部分监狱——不受政府控制；黑手党渗入了政府机构，虽然总统竭力避免这种状况。
He points to plans for yet more casinos and public buildings, including a Mafia museum that is now a symbol of the misuse of federal stimulus money.
他提到仍计划兴建更多的赌场和共用建筑，包括一座黑手党的展览馆。但这座展览馆现在已成了滥用联邦刺激方案资金的象征。

Italian police released the group, saying they did not find what they were looking for - leaders of the Russian mafia.
We're Coca-Cola and Pepsi, so we really don't want to have to bring the mafia in, Although maybe we do, I don't know.
我们是可口可乐和百事可乐公司,我们都不想将黑手党卷进来,可能也希望他们介入吧,谁知道呢
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It's the purpose of the mafia.
这是黑手党的做法
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The Mafia is a criminal organization that makes money illegally, especially by threatening people and dealing in drugs.
You can use mafia to refer to an organized group of people who you disapprove of because they use unfair or illegal means in order to get what they want.