(~s)
1.
The Mafia is a criminal organization that makes money illegally, especially by threatening people and dealing in drugs.
The Mafia is by no means ignored by Italian television.
N-COUNT-COLL: the N
2.
You can use ~ 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.
They are well-connected with the south-based education-reform ~.
N-COUNT: usu with supp disapproval