He said Mr. Persico was accused of violating Mafia rules by admitting his membership in the Colombo organization.

Not only did it violate a long-standing Mafia rule against harming women, but Mrs. Acceturo had served many of them meals in headier days.

"Because having Farratto expire in the hotel while he was Marino's guest is against the Mafia rules of etiquette, apparently."

Despite its problems, Westchester is much better off than it was in the days of Mafia rule, most carters agreed.

Mafia rule must be eliminated.

If there are as many mafiosi as innocents in the day-phase then a mafia victory is declared immediately, under the original Mafia rules.

The unrest, organized-crime experts say, has destroyed in Philadelphia the once-sacrosanct Mafia rule that a mobster's kin were immune from retaliation.

This violated a longstanding Mafia rule that women are not to be harmed.

No Talking to the Police The most important Mafia rule was that "we could not talk to law enforcement," as Mr. Leonetti put it.

China and the Chinese elite operate under Mafia rules.