Vanzetti

American

[van-zet-ee, vahn-dzet-tee] / vænˈzɛt i, vɑnˈdzɛt ti /

noun

Bartolomeo 1888–1927, Italian anarchist, in U.S. after 1908.

Vanzetti British

/ vænˈzɛtɪ /

noun

Bartolomeo (bartoloˈmɛːo). 1888–1927, US radical agitator, born in Italy: executed with Sacco in a case that had worldwide political repercussions

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He followed up with a series of investigative novels about the coal and oil industries and the Sacco and Vanzetti case, as well as militant tracts on religion, the newspaper industry, finance, and education.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2025

After all, Parker was arrested and fined while protesting the dubious murder case against Italian anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 18, 2020

After all, Parker was arrested and fined while protesting the dubious murder case against Italian anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 15, 2020

Inside Scoop: Grande dame dancer Isadora Duncan started a near riot there by protesting the Sacco and Vanzetti trial.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2016

Vanzetti reports the removal of a preputial calculus weighing 224 grams.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle

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