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Italian code of silence
Answer for the clue "Italian code of silence ", 6 letters:
omerta
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n. a code of silence practiced by the Mafia; a refusal to give evidence to the police about criminal activities
Usage examples of omerta.
A Mafia don brought up to follow the steel-jacketed code of silence, omerta, is a harebrained blabbermouth next to a resident of Bowman's Ridge who's got something not to say.
Angelo Carmine looked to omerta, the Sicilian code of silence, to protect him.
Their cachet was that once upon a time they didn't talk, omertà they used to call it, the Law of Silence.