camorra

noun

Definition of camorranext
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for camorra
  1. camarilla
  2. conspiracy
  3. confederacy
  4. gang
  5. cartel
  6. cabal
  7. syndicate
  8. sorority
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
Noun
  • Corruption schemes The first indictment, filed in Miami in 2019, accuses Pulido and Saab of participating in a money laundering conspiracy involving a Venezuelan government contract to build low-income housing.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Orphaned, the children are taken in by their irreverent aunt Berta, and begin a new life in the big city in a house frequented by intellectuals and where all kinds of political conspiracies are hatched.
    — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of conspiracy
Noun
  • 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 panel describe a persistent gang presence in rural communities including Nouvelle-Touraine, Bongars, Grand Fond, Belle Fontaine, Belot, Furcy, Kafou Bèt and Sourçailles.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2026
  • In a second complaint unsealed Wednesday, authorities allege that a few months after the U-Haul incident, a gang member fired a barrage of bullets at a man who owed Argumedo money.
    — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of gang
Noun
  • The January indictment charged Maduro and several associates with participating in a narcoterrorism conspiracy involving Colombian guerrilla organizations, Mexican drug cartels and Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua criminal organization.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Trump’s draconian immigration measures have made recent deportees and asylum seekers alike easy targets for extortion, kidnapping, and occasionally recruitment by certain cartels along the US-Mexico border.
    — Daniel Peña, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of cartel
Noun
  • Perhaps that silence is also designed by a billionaire cabal.
    — Sean Woods, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2026
  • The screenplay alternates between info dumps and basic lines of dialogue delivered stonily by an international cabal of anonymous stuntmen.
    — Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of cabal
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • The moratorium will apply to Cornell University, its residential and nonresidential sorority and fraternity organizations, general student organizations, and university student affiliations, according to Ithaca's mayor, Robert Cantelmo.
    — Jared Ochacher, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Social events where fraternities and sororities mix with one another and with unaffiliated members are usually at least registered with university officials.
    — Richard Hall, Time, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of sorority

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