Word: ninetta
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...relatives, the Graziano women were taken into custody by local police whose wiretaps had captured many details of the episode. Beyond such senseless bloodletting, more women are moving into positions of real power, often filling in for their husbands and brothers who are in jail or on the run. Ninetta Bagarella, wife of captured top Corleone boss Salvatore "Tot?" Riina who directed Cosa Nostra for a decade, is thought to be the brains allied to her husband's pure brutality. "Their role goes well beyond raising the family," said Cipriani. "Women in the Mafia not only have acquired authorization, they...