Black Hand

noun

1. Italian La Mano Nera. any of various secret criminal groups organized in Italy and operating in the U.S. in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, practicing blackmail and violence.
2. an anarchistic society in Spain, suppressed in 1883.
3. a nationalistic society in Serbia, suppressed in 1914.

Black Hand

noun

1. a group of Sicilian blackmailers and terrorists formed in the 1870s and operating in the US in the early 20th century
2. (in 19th-century Spain) an organization of anarchists

Other Words From

• Blackhander noun

Example Sentences

The dirty old black hand clasped the tender little white one, which nestled into it gratefully.

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Their spirit of mutual helpfulness saved them from padrone, "banker," and Black Hand.

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A flame passed over her cheeks; she caught the slave's skinny black hand between her own rose-leaf palms.

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The red hand indicates that the wearer has been wounded by his enemy, the black hand that he has slain his enemy.

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"Be a good girl, Admonia," said her mistress, bending down and giving the black hand a cordial shake.

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