criminalità

Definitions of criminalità
  1. noun
    the state of being a criminal
    synonyms: criminosità
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    type of:
    colpa, colpevolezza, reità, responsabilità
    the state of having committed an offense
  2. noun
    underworld organizations
    synonyms: associazione criminale, criminalità organizzata, organizzazione criminale
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    mafia
    a secret terrorist group in Sicily; originally opposed tyranny but evolved into a criminal organization in the middle of the 19th century
    camorra
    a secret society in Naples notorious for violence and blackmail
    genia
    a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities
    mafia
    a crime syndicate in the United States; organized in families; believed to have important relations to the Sicilian Mafia
    type of:
    comunità, gruppo sociale, società
    people sharing some social relation
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