Mafioso

The mafioso is seduced – more irony – by his opponent's embodiment of British "fair play" and Makepiece becomes a naive confidante and go-between in the proposed trade-off with MI6. ❋ Tim Adams (2010)

However much one likes an approach – Richard Jones's outstanding drab 1950s Hansel and Gretel for WNO or Jonathan Miller's "mafioso" Rigoletto for ENO – none precludes another take. ❋ Unknown (2010)

That particular deception was justified by the recent election: the Lib Dems, whose predictions of forming a government have always seemed an absolute hoot, did take power, while Labour, which looked doomed (and surely would have been if Mandelson's book had come out in March), came very close to keeping the "mafioso" (as Mandy says Tony called him) in No10. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The relationship between Tony Blair and Gordon Brown became so hostile that Blair described his chancellor as "mad, bad, dangerous and beyond redemption" and likened Brown's behaviour to that of a "mafioso" in his dealings with him, Lord Mandelson has revealed. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Is the Italians 'responsibility, and stays in our hands the power to rise up our voices and create a large unity to fight against these abuses and defeat this "mafioso" mentality. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I am well aware that there is a Sicilian _in fabula_ who is not "mafioso"; that the crude banditism which sits in every Corsican's bones has raised him to the elysium of martyrs and heroes and not, where he ought to have gone, to the gallows; that the Maltese are not merely cantankerous and bigoted (Catholic) Arabs, but also sober, industrious, and economical. ❋ Norman Douglas (1910)

Chavez called Uribe a "mafioso" also during a Friday speech. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Chavez called Uribe a "mafioso" but said he is adopting a wait-and-see approach to Santos. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Its government opted to send only junior officials to the meeting of the Union of South American Nations after Hugo Chávez, Venezuela's president, launched a fresh verbal barrage against his neighbours, calling álvaro Uribe, his Colombian counterpart, a "mafioso" and a "little Yankee". ❋ Unknown (2010)

A member of the Mafia is called a '' 'mafioso' '' (plural '' 'mafiosi' ''). ❋ Unknown (2009)

Right now, as I listen to the results on the radio, it seems the pundits are speculating that Tremblay and his 'mafioso' type scandals will squeak through, but Bergeron and Harel's party members will have more seats. ❋ Sister Sage's Musings (2009)

Your problem is a "mafioso" style tactic by GS, yet that is exactly what this blog post did to them. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Then suddenly good old market competition, playing by the rules as legislated, is "mafioso". ❋ Unknown (2009)

The only 'mafioso' in Toon slipped away at the end, having seen an 82nd-minute consolation for Xisco, a late Danny Guthrie red card and with, surely, a message for Ashley: 'If you can't get Keegan get Alan Shearer, boss.' ❋ Unknown (2008)

1 John Ghotti, "Lucky" [Luciano], and [Al Capone], are all [mafioso]. 2 Don't fuck with a [Mafioso], they'll kill your ass. ❋ Italianplaya (2004)

[Hey] [stop doing that] your [acting] like mafioso. ❋ Notont (2022)

[Dale]: "Hey babe wanna try [the mafioso] tonight?" [Jennifer]: "Yeah, I love the feeling of death while having sex." ❋ DreStucco (2020)

guy 1: [I wanna] be primo mafiosoguy 2: [no more] [drug] ❋ Mr. Giorno (2020)

some famous mafioso rap albums: [Reasonable Doubt] - Jay-z, [Only Built 4 Cuban Linx]... - Raekwon, [Doe or Die] - AZ, It Was Written - Nas ❋ Cursayer (2007)

Guy 1: [I wanna] be a [primo mafioso] Guy 2: no [drug] then ❋ Mr. Giorno (2020)

[Ay] look at [snake mafioso] over there [dealing] them rocks. ❋ Albert Velasquez (2008)

I’m [gonna blow] up a [adoption] centre just like [mafioso] I’m also short like mafioso ❋ Notont (2022)