מאַפֿיעניק

Yiddish

Etymology

מאַפֿיע (mafye) +‎ ־ניק (-nik).

Noun

מאַפֿיעניק • (mafyenik) m, plural מאַפֿיעניקעס (mafyenikes)

1. (US) mobster

References

• Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “mobster”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN