pentito

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pentito

/pɛnˈtiːtəʊ/ UK

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Borrowed from Italian pentito (“repentant”).

noun pentiti

A criminal who cooperates with police or government authorities and testifies against or provides harmful information on fellow criminals; a turncoat or informant, usually a former Mafioso. According to a pentito in the 2004 DDA investigation, 50 percent of the shops in Naples alone are actually run by the Camorra.

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@misc{pentito_2026,
  title = {pentito},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pentito},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}