omertà
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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The Guardian's media editor Jim Waterson wrote that his decision to speak out "has broken the omertà around the secret agreements between British television and the royal family over coverage of formal events".
From BBC • Sep. 15, 2023
Who broke the Cosa Nostra oath of omertà?
From Salon • Aug. 18, 2022
“The series of leaks violates the omertà that traditionally has shrouded the court’s deliberations,” she said.
From New York Times • May 11, 2022
It’s not exactly the same thing, of course, but there is a faint echo of the omertà out in the Icelandic pastures.
From The Guardian • May 22, 2020
They had said nothing about it, and my doctor, not being a friend of Antonio and therefore not bound by any ties of omertà, gave me an account of it.
From Castellinaria and Other Sicilian Diversions by Jones, Henry Festing
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