Word: cabalistic
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Avengers. Serafino's first jobs as a Mafia apprentice were relatively easy ones. He burned a farmer's haystack to avenge an insult, stole a few chickens and an old pistol, memorized passwords and studied the elaborate cabalistic rituals. He went off to war, and when he returned in 1944 he was promoted from apprentice to "cabalist of the blood." His cousin became chief of the secret society and began plotting crimes by the score. The gang pulled off about 30 jobs, though the biggest haul was a puny $65 hijacked from a touring motorist...