Mafia



black market, bootlegging, gambling, gangland, grey market, illegal commerce, illegal operations, illegitimate business, illicit business, narcotics traffic, organized crime, prostitution, protection racket, racket, shady dealings,

   checked out - able, adapted, adjusted, capable, competent, fit, fitted, proficient, qualified, suited ,

   emplane - board, embark, entrain, get, weigh anchor ,

   shopkeeper - bourgeoisie, chandler, common people, common run, common sort, commonality, commonalty, commoners, commons, dealer, distributor, importer, jobber, labourers, lower classes,

   clamp down on - asphyxiate, beat down, bottle up, break, browbeat, bulldoze, bully, castrate, censor, choke off, coerce, compel, cork, cork up, cow,

   evil-starred - apocalyptic, bad, badly off, baleful, baneful, black, dark, depressed, dire, dreary, evil, fatal, fateful, foreboding, gloomy,

   puller - buffer, lathe, tool ,

   similitude - accordance, affinity, agreement, alikeness, allegory, alliance, ally, alter ego, analogue, analogy, aping, approach, approximation, assimilation, associate,

   antiquated - Gothic, Victorian, abandoned, abjured, ago, ancient, antediluvian, antique, archaic, blown over, by, bygone, classical, dated, dead,

   practising - acting, active, behavioural, compliant, conforming, conscientious, constant, devoted, devout, duteous, dutiful, faithful, functional, functioning, inaction,

   mental shock - ambivalence, battle fatigue, combat fatigue, conflict, frustration, shell shock, shock, stress, trauma ,