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omerta

noun omertas

alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of omertà Patriarca [Raymond Patriarca Jr.] pleaded guilty in December 1991 to racketeering and conspiracy charges, but he refused to admit he was a member of the Mafia, clinging to his vow of "omerta" to the secret organization.

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@misc{omerta_2026,
  title = {omerta},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/omerta},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}