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Nahshon Mouzon
THE MAFIA CULTURE
The Mafia is has controlled everything from street corners to the highest levels of the government. They lifestyle is
glorified in movies, they’re hounded by law officials. Their enemies marked them for death mobsters live violent and
often brief lives. The Mafia at its heart is about money. They have secret rituals, complicated rules and tangled webs of
family loyalty.
ABOUT THE MAFIA
A mafia isn’t a single group or gang it is made up of many families that have, fought each other at times.
They cooperate with each other in interests of greater profits.
There is always a hierarchy with higher ranking members making decisions that trickle down to other members of the
family.
MAFIA FAMILIES
THE MAFIA FAMILY TREE
A crime boss or boss is a person in charge of a criminal organization. A boss typically has absolute or almost
absolute control over the crime family.
THE BOSS
A boss's deputy or assistant.
UNDERBOSS
An adviser.
CONSIGLIERE
The head of a crime syndicate.
CAPO
A person who stay on the street and does most of the killing.
SOLDIER
someone who works with and for wiseguys, but who hasn't been sworn in as a member of the Family or a non-Italian.
ASSOSCIATE
Borgata – An organized crime.
Broken – To be demoted in rank or knocked down.
OC – Organized crime
Contract – A murder assignment
Do a piece of work – To murder , or see burn.
LANGUAGE
Comare – Girlfriend or mistress
Don – The head of the family.
Eat alone – To keep one self , or to be greedy.
Soldier – The bottom level of an organized crime family.
Wiseguy – A made guy.
MORE WORDS
Rat – One who snitches to the police.
Pinched to get caught by cops.
Paying Tribute – To give the boss a cut of the deal.
Mobbed up – To be connected to the mob.
Lam – To lay low or go into hiding.
MORE WORDS
TONY MONTANA
THE GOD FATHER
CASINO
BUGSY
GOODFELLAS
THE UNTOUCHABLES
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