omertà
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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The selling point of the VH1 reality show “Mob Wives” was its authenticity: a group of Staten Island women with mobster husbands and a tough-girl penchant for chardonnay, omertà and a hot temper.
From New York Times • Dec. 20, 2019
And he once again went on and on about how he believes in omertà or, as he calls it, "loyalty."
From Salon • Aug. 24, 2018
“A much more proactive stance. Of the sort like sending your top prosecutor to investigate Chile. A stance where the pope, when he sees or suspects an institutional omertà, he reacts.”
From Washington Post • Jul. 28, 2018
It is famous for the "omertà" - a code of silence demanding extreme loyalty.
From BBC • Jan. 27, 2018
Just as omertà makes things difficult for the Sicilian police, so this p. 169love of acting makes things difficult for the foreign traveller.
From Castellinaria and Other Sicilian Diversions by Jones, Henry Festing
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