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Hace 3 días · Quick Reference. (as practised by the Mafia) a code of silence about criminal activity and a refusal to give evidence to the police. Recorded from the late 19th century, the word is Italian, and is either a regional variation of Italian umiltà ‘humility’ (with reference to the Mafia code which enjoins submission of the group to ...
Omertà (/ oʊ ˈ m ɛər t ə /, Italian pronunciation:) is a Southern Italian code of silence and code of honor and conduct that places importance on silence in the face of questioning by authorities or outsiders; non-cooperation with authorities, the government, or outsiders, especially during criminal investigations; and ...
La omertà es un código de silencio, de acuerdo con uno de los primeros investigadores de la mafia, Antonio Cutrera, un exoficial de la seguridad pública, que no habla, incluso en su propia defensa, ni cuando el acusado es inocente de los delitos imputados.
La ley del silencio u omertá (en italiano, omertà [omerˈta]) es el código de honor siciliano que prohíbe informar sobre las actividades delictivas consideradas asuntos que incumben a las personas implicadas.
omigawd, int. 1969–. Browse more nearby entries. omertà, n. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary.
noun [mass noun] (among the Mafia) a code of silence about criminal activity and a refusal to give evidence to the police: loyal to the oath of omertà. (among Mafia) code of silence about criminal activitysystemCrimeomertà.
The cultural code that symbolizes, despite its multivocality, the obligation of secrecy is omertà. In the Cosa Nostra, the boundary between the initiates and the outsiders created by the rite of mafia initiation is strengthened by the rigid obligation to silence on members.
