Talk:Mafia/Archive 2

extension of term "Mafia"

The article says ;"Mafia" was originally applied to the Sicilian Mafia and originates in Sicily, but it has since expanded to encompass other organizations of similar methods and purpose, e.g., "the Russian Mafia" or "the Japanese Mafia". ' This implies that the current extended use is an extension of a Sicilian use. It seems to me that it is actually extended from the American use, which is how the word came into English. I have no reference to support this; is there a source among the 'references' for the statement as given in the article? --Richardson mcphillips (talk) 16:21, 29 April 2019 (UTC)