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Camorrista

American  
[kah-mawr-rees-tah] / ˌkɑ mɔrˈris tɑ /
Also Camorrist

noun

plural

Camorristi
  1. a member of the Camorra of Italy.

  2. (lowercase) a member of a society or group resembling the Camorra.


Etymology

Origin of Camorrista

From Italian, dating back to 1860–65; Camorra, -ist

Example Sentences

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Arena is too intelligent and possessed of canny Neapolitan guile to play the game the Italian press wants of him, and recount his Camorrista life in detail.

From The Guardian • Feb. 17, 2013

But the picciotto of New York is never raised to the grade of Camorrista, since the organization of the Camorra has never been transferred to this country.

From Courts and Criminals by Train, Arthur Cheney

He is known to be a Camorrista; and though his salary is only a few thousand lire, he lives with the ostentation of a parvenu millionaire, and no one doubts where he gets his money.

From The Lady Paramount by Harland, Henry