Party game in which participants try to identify a secret assassin (5)

I believe the answer is:

mafia

(Other definitions for mafia that I've seen before include "International crime organisation originating in Sicily" , "Our family" , "connection claimed to 23 [JFK]" , "Sicilian criminal body" , "The Sicily mob" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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