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vendetta |
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vendetta Noun 1. a long-lasting quarrel between people or organizations in which they attempt to harm each other: it's an inexplicable vendetta against the firm and its directors 2. a private feud between families in which members of one family kill members of the other family in revenge for earlier murders [Italian]
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vendetta Translations (between families) → Blutrache f |
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And as the other looked up innocently he took aim at the forehead and squared the old vendetta account so neatly that, according to Dominic, the dead man continued to sit with the bowl of broth on his knees and the piece of bread in his hand. "The tradition of the Vendetta will long prevent the reign of law in Corsica," he added, as if speaking to himself. The vendetta might conceivably date back to the man's first marriage, and the ring be taken for some such reason. |
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