Feminine

malavita

Meaning

  1. (countable, feminine, uncountable) underworld, gangland
  2. (countable, feminine, uncountable) racketeers as a whole

Synonyms

Frequency

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Hyphenated as
ma‧la‧vì‧ta
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˌma.laˈvi.ta/
Etymology

Univerbation of mala (“bad, wicked”) + vita (“life”), literally “evil life, the life of the wicked”.

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