The word "mafioso" refers to a member of the Italian organized crime group known as the Mafia. They are typically associated with criminal activities like extortion, drug trafficking, and gambling. Full definition
Mafia 3 has one of the best soundtracks in any game ever and is good in brief stabs, but it's difficult to recommend when its rays of mafioso sunshine are buried beneath poor mission design, repetitive action and forgettable bloat. (metacritic.com)
Viz. some slimeball Russian mafioso with cash to burn buying first - class tickets for himself and his brood and having exactly the same rights as everyone else who paid the exorbitant amount just to savour a carefree luxury excursion. (askthepilot.com)
Clete comes to New Iberia for a visit and is quickly drawn into the struggle between the various forces of evil in the town, including Jimmy Dean Styles, a black man intent on maintaining his empire of corruption; Joe Zeroski, a trailer park mafioso with palatial aspirations — and of course, Legion Guidry, the devil incarnate, in whom Robicheaux finds himself facing a challenge and an enemy unlike any he has ever known. (bookbrowse.com)