1) Gangdom 2) Gangland 3) Organized crime 4) Secret society 5) Secret society, Italian style
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The Camorra is an Italian Mafia-type crime syndicate, or secret society, that originated in the region of Campania and its capital Naples. It is one of the oldest and largest criminal organizations in Italy, dating back to the 18th century. Unlike the pyramidal structure of the Sicilian Mafia, the Camorra`s organizational structure is more horizo....
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[A Story of Streets, Women and Crime] ...
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group united for nefarious or traitorous ends
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• (n.) A secret organization formed at Naples, Italy, early in the 19th century, and used partly for political ends and partly for practicing extortion, violence, etc.
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Italian secret society of criminals that grew to power in Naples during the 19th century. Its origins are uncertain, but it may have existed in ... [1 related articles]
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Italian secret society formed about 1820 by criminals in the dungeons of Naples and continued once they were freed. It dominated politics from 1848, was suppressed in 1911, but many members...
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Ca·mor'ra noun [ Italian ] A secret organization formed at Naples, Italy, early in the 19th century, and used partly for political ends and partly for practicing extortion, violence, etc. --
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Camorra was a well-organized secret society, once spread thoughout all parts of the kingdom of Naples. At one time the Camorristi were all-powerful, levying a kind of blackmail at all markets, fairs, and public gatherings, claiming the right of deciding disputes, hiring themselves out for any criminal service from the passing of contraband goods to...
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The Camorra were a secret society in southern Italy which arose during the times of the Bourbon misgovernment in the former kingdom of Naples. It was mainly composed of poorer criminal classes which banded together to evade and defy the law, and included associates from the upper classes who carried on their lawless schemes with its aid. Its primar...
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n] - a secret society in Naples notorious for violence and blackmail
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noun a secret society in Naples notorious for violence and blackmail
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Italian secret society formed about 1820 by criminals in the dungeons of Naples and continued once they were freed. It dominated politics from 1848, was suppressed in 1911, but many members eventually surfaced in the US Mafia. The Camorra still operates in the Naples area
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