vendetta

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A kind of brotherhood--vendetta, with masks and knives and forks--daggers, I mean--and that sort of thing Now, look here, Master Plunger, stop plunging!

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  1. noun A feud between two families or clans that arises out of a slaying and is perpetuated by retaliatory acts of revenge; a blood feud.
  2. noun A bitter, destructive feud.

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  • [1] The vendetta was the chief law of Corsican society up to comparatively recent times; and its effects are still visible in the life of the stern islanders. —  The Life of Napoleon I (Volume 1 of 2)
  • The central bad act was firing the state's top police official because he refused to bend to political pressure from the governor and her family to fire a public employee against whom the governor was pursuing a vendetta -- whether the vendetta was justified or not. —  HOWIEINSEATTLE
  • To me you come off as a guy with a vendetta, a coward who hides behind an identity to insult the credibility of some one, when you have yet to prove how credible you are.
  • They want no part of Blair's vendetta - until the headmistress announces that all cell phone use is banned during school hours and phones must be turned in before each school day. —  AfterEllen.com - Because visibility matters
  • As you can see, he made no attempts to hide his identity or his vendetta. —  www.hardwarezone.com.sg
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  1. Italian, from Latin vindicta, revenge; see vindictive.

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  1. from Italian vendetta, a feud, from Latin vindicta, vengeance, revenge, from vindicare, claim, arrogate, defend one's self: see vindicate, venge.
 

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