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omerta

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Omertà is a novel by Mario Puzo , published posthumously in 2000. It was first published by Ballantine Books . Omertà follows the story of Don Aprile's adopted "nephew" Astorre Viola. This is the final book in Puzo's mafia trilogy. The first two were The ...

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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.