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1. (n.) Camorra
a secret society of Naples, Italy, first publicly known about 1820 and associated with blackmail, robbery, etc.
2. Camorra
(l.c.) any similar society or group.
Etymology: (1860–65; < It < Sp: dispute)
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1. (noun) Camorra
a secret society in Naples notorious for violence and blackmail
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1. camorra
a secret society in Naples with wide ramifications, which at one time had by sheer terrorism considerable political influence in the country; when steps were taken by Francis II. to suppress it, the members of it joined the revolutionary party, and had their revenge in the expulsion eventually of the Bourbons from Italy.
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