Camorra

//kəˈmɔɹə// name

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    a secret society in Naples notorious for violence and blackmail wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A secret crime organization from Naples, Italy, equivalent to the Mafia of Sicily.

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camorrist

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"Investigative journalist Roberto Saviano, author of Gomorra, a bestseller on the Naples-based Camorra mafia, told la Repubblica newspaper, “The pandemic is the ideal place for mafias, and the reason is simple — if you are hungry, you are looking for bread; it does not matter which oven it is baked from and who it is distributing it.”"

Etymology

From Italian camorra, from a Neapolitan word supposedly from Spanish camorra (“dispute, quarrel”).

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