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‖ Unione Siciliana|uniˈone sitʃiliˈana|
Also (erron.) Unione Siciliano, etc.
[It., lit. ‘Sicilian union’.]
A criminal organization controlled by Sicilians, operating in Italy and the United States.
Similar but not equivalent to the Mafia. The Union's roots in the U.S. were apparently as a mutual protection society amongst early Sicilian immigrants.
1924Chicago Daily Tribune 13 Nov. 5/5 At [Merlo's] death he was chairman of the board of the Unione Siciliana, with hundreds of thousands of members. 1924Chicago Herald Examiner 13 Nov. 3/1 A guard also was maintained at the wake for Michael Merlo, head of the Unione Siciliano society. 1930F. D. Pasley Al Capone (1931) v. 231 Lombardo fell in his tracks, two dumdum bullets in his brain, the third president of the Unione Sicilione to die by the gun. 1956C. Cockburn Discord of Trumpets xvi. 218 He had recently been elected the President of the Unione Siciliano, a slightly mysterious, partially criminal society, which certainly had its roots in the Mafia. 1970P. Geddes November Wind iv. 35 The Trust..came into existence when the Mafia and L'Unione Siciliana were both on the slide. |