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Camorra

[ US /kəˈmɔɹə/ ]
NOUN
  1. a secret society in Naples notorious for violence and blackmail

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  • Gomorrah, directed by Matteo Garrone, is an unflinching and unromantic look at the story of the Camorra - the crime syndicate, operative in Naples and Caserta, that is responsible for more murders than the IRA or Cosa Nostra. National Review Online
  • Indeed, the Camorra spawned one of Italy's most notorious female criminals, Pupetta Maresca, who became famous in 1955 after she personally avenged the murder of her husband.
  • Is there a secret society of colliers, an English Camorra, which is capable of destroying both train and passengers? Tales of Terror and Mystery
  • Gomorrah takes its punning title-the Neapolitan crime syndicate is called the Camorra-from Roberto Saviano's 2006 bestseller, an impressive feat of first-person journalism by a 26-year-old writer, now under police protection. NashvilleScene.com
  • The Camorra is a network of clans that run protection rackets, prostitution rings and, more recently, the drug trade in Naples and the region around it. ITALY'S MAFIA MESS
  • Sylvia adds that Michele Zagaria is the head of one of the bloodiest clans of the Neapolitan mafia called the Camorra and they've been involved in an enormous number of illegal activity. News
  • (ANSA) - Rome, September 26 - A Facebook group inviting young people to join the Camorra is the latest mafia fan club to pop up on the popular social networking site, web observers said Monday. Gates of Vienna
  • Camorra is a Spanish word in current usage, meaning a ` quarrel. ' VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIII No 1
  • The Neapolitan Mafia -- known as Camorra -- is a group of roughly 100 battling clans Undefined
  • Sicily's Cosa Nostra, the Camorra from Campania, the 'Ndragheta of Calabria and the lesser known Sacra Corona Unita in Puglia dominate the economic life of one third of Italy. Berlusconi Is No Mobster
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