Black Hand
noun
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.
Blackhander
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a word derived from
Black Hand.
Example Sentences
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I was so keen after that, even before I came into office, that they used to call me The Blackhander and say I ought to write a comic opera.
From "Persons Unknown" by Virginia Tracy
