Co·sa Nos·tra (k  s n str)n. The Mafia operating in the United States. [Italian, our concern : cosa, thing, affair + nostra, feminine of nostro, our.] |
Cosa Nostra [ˈkəʊsə ˈnɒstrə]
n
(Law) the branch of the Mafia that operates in the US
[Italian, literally: our thing]
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| Noun | 1. |  Cosa Nostra - a crime syndicate in the United States; organized in families; believed to have important relations to the Sicilian Mafiaomerta - a code of silence practiced by the Mafia; a refusal to give evidence to the police about criminal activities crime syndicate, syndicate, mob, family - a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities mafioso - a member of the Mafia crime syndicate in the United States |
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