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Mafia: The Old Country is a set further in the past compared to other games in the series, and is based on the origins of the Mafia.
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David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
Yet no one else can quite believe that the Mafia have followed cocaine from tough Sicily to sleepy Apulia, least of all the dismissive Bari police chief, who reprimands Pietro for his maverick approach to detective work.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 9 Apr. 2025
Lansky, whose Russian-Jewish heritage disqualified him for official membership in the Mafia, was its leading nonmember associate.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2025
Same approach for his star, who relished the challenge of playing two men from similar upbringings who then took such different approaches to their lives in the Mafia.
—Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2025
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David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
Yet no one else can quite believe that the Mafia have followed cocaine from tough Sicily to sleepy Apulia, least of all the dismissive Bari police chief, who reprimands Pietro for his maverick approach to detective work.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 9 Apr. 2025
Lansky, whose Russian-Jewish heritage disqualified him for official membership in the Mafia, was its leading nonmember associate.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2025
Same approach for his star, who relished the challenge of playing two men from similar upbringings who then took such different approaches to their lives in the Mafia.
—Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the Mafia
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“The Mafia.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Mafia. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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