Mafioso is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.
You can make 114 anagrams from letters in Mafioso (afimoos).
1870-75; Italian, equivalent to Mafi(a) Mafia + -oso Latin -ōsus (see -ous)
Since the mid-19th century, Sicily has been known as a hive of mafioso activity.
It will likely take more than a threat from Rome to change the mindset of a mafioso.
But a mafioso such as Willie the Rat would have taken that as the good news by comparison when he heard the rest.
He has the mentality of a mafioso and not someone who has the mind of an ideological fighter.