antimafia

anti-Mafia

adjective noun ahn-tee-MAH-fyah Less Common

Usage Note

Antimafia works as both an invariable adjective (commissione antimafia) and a noun (l'antimafia — the anti-Mafia effort or body). In Italian law, the Commissione parlamentare antimafia is a permanent parliamentary committee. As an adjective it never changes for gender or number. The word is peculiar to Italian political and legal vocabulary.

Examples

"La commissione antimafia ha aperto un'indagine."

Natural Translation

The anti-Mafia commission opened an investigation.

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