omerta
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o·mer·ta
(ō-mûr'tə, ō'mĕr-tä') 
n.
A rule or code that prohibits speaking or divulging information about certain activities, especially the activities of a criminal organization.
n.
A rule or code that prohibits speaking or divulging information about certain activities, especially the activities of a criminal organization.
[Italian omertà, perhaps from dialectal alteration of umiltà, humility, modesty, from Latin humilitās. See humility.]
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It. dial. /o MER ta/ refusal to give evidence by those concerned with Mafia activities : code of silence
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