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Vanzetti

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

noun

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


Vanzetti British  
/ vænˈzɛtɪ /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

When asked about his illustrious family pedigree, Mr. Thayer wryly pointed to Judge Webster Thayer, who sentenced Italian immigrant anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti to death after their murder convictions in 1921.

From Washington Post Jan. 4, 2023

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

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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