Noun: mafioso (mafiosi) ma-fee'ow-sow
- A member of the Mafia crime syndicate in the United States
"The FBI agent had been tracking the mafioso for months"
- A member of the Sicilian Mafia
"The old mafioso reminisced about the early days of the Cosa Nostra in Sicily"
Derived forms: mafiosi
Type of: crim [Brit, informal], criminal, crook [informal], felon, malefactor [formal], outlaw, Sicilian
Part of: Cosa Nostra, Maffia, Mafia, Sicilian Mafia
Encyclopedia: Mafioso