Definition of borgata in English:
borgata
nounPlural borgate, Plural borgatas bɔːˈɡɑːtəbôrˈɡädə
US An organized branch of the Mafia.
Example sentencesExamples
- The Borgata has an established hierarchy, a body of members or soldiers, and many associates.
- If only you knew the real us, the borgata family, I thought to myself.
- These borgatas, or crime families, have destroyed other families by wiping them out.
- It comprised 24 borgate, headed by a capo.
- His first full-length novel dealing with the world of the borgate, published in 1955, saw him officially charged with offences to public decency.
- In a borgata, some members can make up for the weaknesses of others.
- But gathered there was the vast majority of bosses of the borgatas.
- Players within borgatas fight along side each other to launch attacks on other players or borgatas.
- This time all the bosses from all the borgatas gathered and made one final conclusion.
- The vanguard of this criminal juggernaut is still led by the Mafias most potent and largest borgatas: New Yorks Five Families.
Origin
1960s: Italian, 'district, village'.