(from the article `Czechoslovak region, history of`) ...Council was created under Masaryk`s chairmanship. Its members were eager to maintain contacts with the leaders at home in order to avoid ... Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/m/9
Maf'fi·aMa'fi*a noun [ Italian maffia .] A secret society which organized in Sicily as a political organization, but is now widespread among Italians, and is used to further or protect private interests, reputedly by illegal methods. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/5
noun a secret terrorist group in Sicily; originally opposed tyranny but evolved into a criminal organization in the middle of the 19th century Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20974