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mapya

“mapya” is a Cebuano word. Its 8 meanings in English:

noun

  1. a mafia, a mob; The Mafia
  2. a fixed match
  3. an instance of throwing a game or case
  4. a match fixing

verb

  1. to fix a match, to throw a game
  2. to be partisan, to make partisan decisions
  3. to deliberately make wrong calls, to throw a case
  4. to pay off or bribe a referee or judge

Etymology

From English mafia or Mafia, from Italian.

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