A secret society of lawless malcontents in Naples and Neapolitan cities. Sometimes transferred.
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| 释义 | society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > secret society > [noun] > other secret societies (30) camorra1865 A secret society of lawless malcontents in Naples and Neapolitan cities. Sometimes transferred. the Mafia1866 Usually as the Mafia. An organized secret society of criminals, thought to have originated in Sicily but now operating internationally, esp. in… Unione Siciliana1906 A Chicago-based benevolent society for Sicilian immigrants, which developed into an Italian-American criminal organization similar to the Mafia. Black Hand1912 A Serbian secret society, formed in 1911, having a membership drawn primarily from the military and broadly pan-Slavist aims. Chiefly historical. leopard society1915 in West Africa, a native secret society whose members dress as leopards and attack their victims in the manner of leopards. Broederbond1935 A largely secret society (founded in 1918) promoting the interests of and restricted in membership to male, Protestant Afrikaners. Union Corse1963 A Corsican criminal organization operating in France and elsewhere. 'ndrangheta1978 An organized crime syndicate originating and operating chiefly in Calabria, southern Italy. Subcategories:— principles of other secret societies (4) — member of (18) |
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