Omertà (noun)
oh-me-ta
(among the Mafia) a code of silence about criminal activity and a refusal to give evidence to the police.
Italian dialect, variant of umiltà ‘humility’.
Example sentences
“We trusted they’d stay loyal to the oath of omertà.”
oh-me-ta
(among the Mafia) a code of silence about criminal activity and a refusal to give evidence to the police.
Italian dialect, variant of umiltà ‘humility’.
“We trusted they’d stay loyal to the oath of omertà.”