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camorra

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as in camarilla

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Recent Examples of camorra 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

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Noun

Russia does not have institutions so much as a camarilla of oligarchs around the leader.

— Robert D. Kaplan, WSJ, 23 Mar. 2018

Definition of camarilla

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Seneca said the renaming violated the 1794 Treaty of Canandaigua, which was signed by President George Washington and the Haudenosaunee confederacy promising perpetual peace and friendship.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026
July 4 birthed independence but also a dysfunctional confederacy.

— Max Taves, Mercury News, 3 July 2026

Definition of confederacy

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The discovery raises the possibility of a grim outcome in the search for the four men, which has led to El Salvador deploying 450 special forces soldiers to Haiti as of Friday to aid the gang-fighting force in the search.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 25 Oct. 2026
One of the houses reportedly belonged to Chen Mechan, or Mad Dog, the gang accused of launching the attack on the technicians.

— Widlore Mérancourt, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026

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The man on the line claimed a Mexican drug cartel had kidnapped her 37-year-old daughter.

— Muskaan Arshad, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
Cofer has also called on Guerra to address the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office’s participation in a Homeland Security Task Force focused on international cartel activity.

— Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of cartel

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Despite the reactionary politics of the yakuza films, not to mention of the syndicates themselves, Ken-san was very popular among left-wing student protesters in the late nineteen-sixties.

— Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Musk’s name is one of a number of wealthy individuals that Paramount CEO David Ellison has considered tapping for the syndicate, the people said.

— Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of syndicate

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The interim suspension currently in place for Sigma Phi Epsilon was issued on October 21, after news outlets revealed the allegations made by the sorority member nearly two months earlier.

— Brittany Shammas, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2026
While there are more than 20 fraternities and sororities at the University of Chicago, the university does not officially recognize, affiliate with, or regulate any of them.

— Sabrina Franza, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026

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