Definition of vendetta
1 : blood feud
2 : an often prolonged series of retaliatory, vengeful, or hostile acts or exchange of such acts waged a personal vendetta against those who opposed his nomination
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Examples of vendetta in a Sentence
He waged a personal vendetta against his rivals in the Senate.
Recent Examples of vendetta from the Web
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The two are caught in their own personal vendettas, perhaps at the cost of their own people.
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In addition to his allegations about Brockamp, Myrick had accused Gower of carrying out personal vendettas and unduly influencing discipline and promotions.
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Mike's vendetta When Mike intercepts one of vicious gangster Hector Salamanca's drug shipments and leaves the driver tied up in the dessert, a good Samaritan stumbles upon the situation and frees the driver, who promptly calls Hector.
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Bet even Kim Jong-Un hasn't nursed a vendetta against anything like Sessions has with pot.
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Martinelli, a wealthy businessman who runs a supermarket chain, denies wrongdoing and has described the charges against him as part of a political vendetta.
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Chuck's vendetta against Saul is born of his own selfish dedication to a narrow vision of what a lawyer should look like, and is magnified by Chuck's professional humiliation after Saul illegally alters documents in an important case.
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Nolan’s attorney sees the allegations as a vendetta.
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Stocker paints the recall as a personal vendetta by Kroneberger and board members Lewis Short and Silvio Cipro.
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Did You Know?
Vendetta has been getting even in English since the mid-19th century. English speakers borrowed vendetta, spelling and all, from Italian, in which it means "revenge." It ultimately traces to the Latin verb vindicare, which means "to lay claim to" or "to avenge." That Latin word is also in the family tree of many other English terms related to getting even, including avenge, revenge, vengeance, vindicate, and vindictive.
Origin and Etymology of vendetta
borrowed from Italian, “retribution, revenge, blood feud,” going back to Latin vindicta — more at vindictive
VENDETTA Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of vendetta for English Language Learners
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: a very long and violent fight between two families or groups
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: a series of acts done by someone over a long period of time to cause harm to a disliked person or group
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