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Recent Examples of camorra
The investigations lead Nikki to secret deals between the U.S. Navy and the camorra, a syndicate of organized crime families in Naples.
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Oline H. Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 24 Sep. 2024
In the struggling city of Naples, stereotyped by other Italians as superstitious and controlled by the camorra, Maradona was received like a homecoming god.
—Jo Livingstone, The New Republic, 8 Dec. 2021
Oline H. Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 24 Sep. 2024
In the struggling city of Naples, stereotyped by other Italians as superstitious and controlled by the camorra, Maradona was received like a homecoming god.
—Jo Livingstone, The New Republic, 8 Dec. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for camorra
Noun
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As doctors tried to treat her, Kate’s parents openly discussed their suspicions that a conspiracy was forming around them – and that medical staff couldn’t be trusted.—
Hilary Whiteman,
CNN,
15 Feb. 2025
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Freddy Artemio Guerrero Soto, 29, a national of the Dominican Republic, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl and possession with intent to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl.—
Flint McColgan,
Boston Herald,
14 Feb. 2025
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Men were the representatives of their clans and nations in the Haudenosaunee council, which made decisions for the confederacy as a whole.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
21 Nov. 2024
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Adams wanted to align the young Republic with Great Britain, while Jefferson favored a confederacy with France.—
Emily Hallas,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
18 Aug. 2024
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Ten migrants, members of a Venezuelan gang, are now being housed at Guantanamo in a part of the prison that previously held members of al Qaeda.—
Domenico Montanaro,
NPR,
7 Feb. 2025
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Though the murder rate had declined for several years since an all-time peak in 2015 of 106 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants, largely due to government negotiations with, and appeasement of, the two leading gangs, Bukele’s approach effectively broke the power of the gangs.—
Brady Knox,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
6 Feb. 2025
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When he’s locked up, Mo overhears one of the other immigrants talking about his journey: ‘The mud slides, the snakes, the jungle, the cartel.—
Fidel Martinez,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2025
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The executive order equates these cartels with organizations like the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) and Al-Qaeda, broadening legal tools for the U.S. to combat cartel operations but raising fears of unintended consequences.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
13 Feb. 2025
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Though most bureaucrats in the system are not part of any conscious cabal, the result—DEI scholarships in Burma and green energy projects in Timbuktu—is often much the same.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
13 Feb. 2025
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To suggest that hateful, immoral behavior is being driven by a cabal of the Catholic Church wielding the axe of natural law is to engage in the very hate- and fearmongering that Schwartz seems to eschew.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Jan. 2025
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Miss Austen, a new four-part drama launching on the BBC on Sunday and coming to PBS in the U.S. in May, is telling the story from a perspective of sisterhood and sisterly love.—
Georg Szalai,
The Hollywood Reporter,
2 Feb. 2025
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Plan a Galentine’s Day event to show the beauty of sisterhood.—
Essence,
Essence,
1 Feb. 2025
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The seemingly simple mission turns deadly when the leader of a notorious crime syndicate becomes hell-bent on claiming the organ.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
7 Feb. 2025
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Online scam factories – many run by Chinese crime syndicates – have proliferated in Myanmar, which has been riven by a bloody civil war since the military seized power in 2021.—
Kocha Olarn,
CNN,
5 Feb. 2025
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“Camorra.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/camorra. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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