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Ca•mor•ra
(kə môr′ə, -mor′ə; It. kä môr′rä),USA pronunciation n.
Ca•mor′rism, n.
- World Historya secret society of Naples, Italy, first publicly known about 1820, that developed into a powerful political organization and was later associated with blackmail, robbery, etc., until its destruction in 1911.
- World History(l.c.) any similar society or group.
- Spanish: dispute, quarrel (of uncertain origin, originally)
- Italian
- 1860–65
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