Definitions

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  • noun the largest island in the Mediterranean
  • noun the Italian region on the island of Sicily

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Examples

  • Rearrested after his escape, facing assassination or further torture, Sicilia is rescued by a high Mexican official the CIA later identifies as its 'most important source in

    MICHAEL JOHN DECKER 2010

  • And we will see, for example, out of the French media and out of the public opinion we react at the way that, for example, the coverage of Mrs. Sarkozy would be used to call the Sicilia mystery.

    CNN Transcript Aug 26, 2007 2007

  • And we will see, for example, out of the French media and out of the public opinion we react at the way that, for example, the coverage of Mrs. Sarkozy would be used to call the Sicilia mystery.

    CNN Transcript Aug 24, 2007 2007

  • Another Italian banking foundation, Fondazione Banco di Sicilia, abstained from Thursday's vote on the capital increase.

    UniCredit Shareholders Approve Rights Issue Sabrina Cohen 2011

  • MEXICO CITY -- A lawyer for Mexican poet Javier Sicilia says Sicilia's son and six friends were suffocated with tape and bandages in killings that sparked nationwide protests.

    Javier Sicilia: Mexican Poet Says Son, 6 Friends Were Suffocated 2011

  • Sicilia-Falcon and his influential bullfighter friend Gaston Santos join in a CIA-sanctioned Portugese arms deal.

    MICHAEL JOHN DECKER 2010

  • Sicilia-Falcon's friend and advisor, CIA-trained José Egozi, also involved in the Portugese weapons deal, talks to Centac agents and ends up hanging from a bed sheet in his Mexican prison cell.

    MICHAEL JOHN DECKER 2010

  • Polixenes is visiting the kingdom of Sicilia, and is enjoying catching up with his old friend.

    Capsule Summaries of the Great Books of the Western World Jonathan Aquino 2009

  • Sicilia, under torture, is said to confess to CIA drugs and weapons operations intended to destablilize Latin nations.

    MICHAEL JOHN DECKER 2010

  • Sicilia-Falcon, a major marijuana-heroin-cocaine dealer also suspected of employment by the CIA.

    MICHAEL JOHN DECKER 2010

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