Camorra

Ca·mor·ra  (k-môr, -mr)

n.

1. A Neapolitan secret society organized about 1820, notorious for practicing violence and blackmail.

2. camorra An unscrupulous, clandestine group.

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[Italian, perhaps from camorra, a kind of smock, said to have been worn by members of the society.]

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Camorra [kəˈmɒrə]

n

1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a secret society organized in about 1820 in Naples, which thrives on blackmail and extortion

2. (Law) any similar clandestine group

[from Italian, probably from Spanish: quarrel]

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Camorra a secret society of lawless malcontents in Naples and other Neopolitan cities, 1865—Wilkes.

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Noun

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Camorra - a secret society in Naples notorious for violence and blackmail gangdom, gangland, organized crime - underworld organizations