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V0050800 (vĕn-dĕt′ə)n.1. A feud between two families that arises from the injury or killing of the member of one family by a member of the other family, leading to long-lasting animosity and retaliatory acts of revenge.2. A series of acts attacking or attempting to injure another: launched a vendetta against his harshest critics in the media.

[Italian, from Latin vindicta, revenge; see vindictive.]

vendetta

(vɛnˈdɛtə) n1. a private feud, originally between Corsican or Sicilian families, in which the relatives of a murdered person seek vengeance by killing the murderer or some member of his family2. any prolonged feud, quarrel, etc[C19: from Italian, from Latin vindicta, from vindicāre to avenge; see vindicate] venˈdettist n

ven•det•ta

(vɛnˈdɛt ə)

n., pl. -tas. 1. a private feud, as formerly in Corsica and Italy, in which the family of a murdered person seeks vengeance by killing the slayer or one of the slayer's relatives. 2. any prolonged and bitter feud, rivalry, contention, or the like. [1850–55; < Italian < Latin vindicta vengeance; see vindictive] ven•det′tist, n.

vendetta

An Italian word meaning vengeance, used to mean a prolonged feud or campaign of vengeance.

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Noun

vendetta - a feud in which members of the opposing parties murder each otherblood feudfeud - a bitter quarrel between two parties

vendetta

noun feud, dispute, quarrel, enmity, bad blood, blood feud This cartoonist has a personal vendetta against the President.

Translations

家族世仇宿怨族间仇杀

vendetta

(venˈdetə) noun a fierce, often violent, long-lasting dispute. There has been a bitter vendetta between the two families for many years. 家族世仇，族间仇杀，宿怨

vendetta

(vĕndĕt`ə) [Ital.,=vengeance], feud between members of two kinship groups to avenge a wrong done to a relative. Although the term originated in Corsica, the custom has also been practiced in other parts of Italy, in other European countries, and among the Arabs. It generally reflects a society where the family is the only social unit with authority or where there is no centralized government to compel order. After a society attains cohesion and will no longer tolerate private vengeance, compositioncomposition,
in ancient and medieval law, a sum of money paid by a guilty party as satisfaction to the family of the person who was injured or killed. Failure to make the payment might justify retaliation in kind against the offender or his family.
..... Click the link for more information. for offenses may be compelled. In time the state itself punishes antisocial acts, and a system of criminal lawcriminal law,
the branch of law that defines crimes, treats of their nature, and provides for their punishment. A tort is a civil wrong committed against an individual; a crime, on the other hand, is regarded as an offense committed against the public, even though only one
..... Click the link for more information. takes form. The vendetta may prevail also where the government is feared or distrusted to such an extent that private justice is considered more equitable. The obligation to carry on the vendetta usually rests primarily on the male who is next of kin to the wronged person. Among some peoples, vengeance may be taken on any member of the group of the person who has done the wrong. The most striking form of the vendetta is the blood feudfeud,
formalized private warfare, especially between family groups. The blood feud (see vendetta) is characteristic of those societies in which a strong central government either has not arisen or has decayed.
..... Click the link for more information. , or the taking of a life for a life. While the vendetta is almost universally proscribed by law, it persists in areas that are remote or lack trusted police protection.

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noun feud

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noun a feud in which members of the opposing parties murder each other

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