How To Use Omerta In A Sentence
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He asked Mr Murdoch if he had heard of the mafia and then asked if he had heard the phrase 'omerta', the mafia code of silence.
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The phrase is widely misunderstood, thought to refer to an all-pervasive omerta that barred anyone in Spain speaking of the Franco past after his death, thereby keeping a lid on memories that was only recently blown off.
Spain and the lingering legacy of Franco
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But I have to report that something is up in the great British locker room - and to tell you about it I'm prepared to break the "omerta" of the sporting gentleman, the code of silence that for centuries has surrounded what goes on when chaps ablute together.
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And in a final slap to the Italian detective, Mr. Lally noted that Pellicano's computer passwords always included the term "omerta" -- the Sicilian word for code of silence.
Allison Hope Weiner: The Pellicano Trial: The Detective's "Special Services"
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Tom Watson asked James Murdoch, who is facing the Commons Select Committee for the second time, whether he was familiar with the mafia term 'omerta' - commonly defined as a "code of silence".
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They told me spine-chilling tales of what they did to informers - or ‘Brussels touts’ as they called those who broke the omerta - the centuries-old Irish code of silence.
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Mark Stafford, a fourth-generation scion of one of Leinster's most prominent business dynasties, has decided to end his family's informal media omerta.
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Their omertà, or vow of silence, is made easier by the anonymity of the Web.
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But on Wednesday the Vatican's top official for dealing with sexual abuse of minors, Monsignor Charles Scicluna, said hiding behind a culture of "omerta" - the Italian word for the Mafia's code of silence - would be deadly for the Church.
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That's what the Mafia do to people who break the omerta vow of silence.
A CONVICTION OF GUILT
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And then it is all locked down in a code of omertà: Enron is a strong buy!
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That's what the Mafia do to people who break the omerta vow of silence.
A CONVICTION OF GUILT
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On the euro itself, Brown imposed oaths of omertà, lest even a small sign of didactic enthusiasm be mistaken for serious intent to enter.
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phone hacking, Tom Watson MP asked James Murdoch whether he was familiar with the mafia term 'omerta' - commonly defined as a "code of silence".
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Venitis Greek omerta is code of silence against the Greek people!
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Another reason for the mafia's apparent decline is the death of "omerta" -- the code of silence.
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Rarely, if ever, has a Vatican official used the word "omerta" - a serious accusation in Italian -- to compare the reluctance of some in the Church to come clean on the abuse scandal with the Mafia's code of silence.
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There is something of an omertà among this trio at the core of the club.
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That's what the Mafia do to people who break the omerta vow of silence.
A CONVICTION OF GUILT
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Throughout the grim tower blocks and porridge-grey council estates an implacable culture of cronyism, corruption and omertà rules.