| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| omerta |
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| SYLLABICATION: | o·mer·ta |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   -mûr t ,  m r-tä |
| NOUN: | A rule or code that prohibits speaking or divulging information about certain activities, especially the activities of a criminal organization. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Italian omertà, perhaps from dialectal alteration of umiltà, humility, modesty, from Latin humilit s. See humility.
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