| / English Dictionary |
OMERTA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A code of silence practiced by the Mafia; a refusal to give evidence to the police about criminal activities
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("omerta" is a kind of...):
code; codification (a set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones))
Domain category:
Cosa Nostra; Maffia; Mafia (a crime syndicate in the United States; organized in families; believed to have important relations to the Sicilian Mafia)
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