tooth and claw

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crystal [ˈkristl] noun
a small part of a solid substance (eg salt or ice) which has a regular shape
Arabic: بِلَّوْر
Chinese (Simplified): 晶体
Chinese (Traditional): 晶體
Czech: krystal
Danish: krystal
Dutch: kristal
Estonian: kristall
Finnish: kide
French: cristal
German: der Kristall
Greek: κρύσταλλος
Hungarian: kristály
Icelandic: kristall
Indonesian: kristal, hablur
Italian: cristallo
Japanese: 結晶
Korean: 결정(체)
Latvian: kristāls
Lithuanian: kristalas
Norwegian: krystall
Polish: kryształ
Portuguese (Brazil): cristal
Portuguese (Portugal): cristal
Romanian: cristal
Russian: кристалл
Slovak: kryštál
Slovenian: kristal
Spanish: cristal
Swedish: kristall
Turkish: kristal

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Mafia [(mah-fee-uh)]
any tightly knit group of trusted associates
1875, from It. Mafia "Sicilian secret society of criminals" (the prevailing sense outside Sicily), earlier, "spirit of hostility to the law and its ministers," from It. (Sicilian) mafia "boldness, bravado," probably from Ar. mahjas "aggressive, boasting, bragging." Or perhaps from O.Fr. mafler "to gluttonize, devour."