Black Hand
noun
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.
an anarchistic society in Spain, suppressed in 1883.
a nationalistic society in Serbia, suppressed in 1914.
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OTHER WORDS FROM Black Hand
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Example sentences from the Web for black hand
We can throttle anything from a black-hand agent to a ghost.
Campfire Girls in the Allegheny Mountains|Stella M. FrancisCecala proved a valuable aid to the two "Black-Hand" captains.
The Barrel Mystery|William J. (William James) FlynnAnother letter follows which may also help the reader to a conclusion as to whether such a thing exists as a "Black-Hand" Society.
The Barrel Mystery|William J. (William James) FlynnHe will never be reached by the Black-Hand gang without several of them paying with their lives for his.
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British Dictionary definitions for black hand
Black Hand
noun
a group of Sicilian blackmailers and terrorists formed in the 1870s and operating in the US in the early 20th century
(in 19th-century Spain) an organization of anarchists
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