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Answer for the clue "Code broken by some singers ", 6 letters:
omerta

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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Omertà is a code of honor that places importance on silence, non-cooperation with authorities, and non-interference in the illegal actions of others. It originated and remains common in Southern Italy , where banditry and the Mafia -type criminal organizations ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1909, from dialectal form of Italian umilta "humility," in reference to the code of submission of individuals to the group interest, from Latin humilitas (see humility ).

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.