omerta

Noun
  1. A code of silence practiced by the Mafia;
    A refusal to give evidence to the police about criminal activities (synset 106681758)
    referred to in: cosa nostra, maffia, mafia - a crime syndicate in the United States; organized in families; believed to have important relations to the Sicilian Mafia
    is a type of: code, codification - a set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones)

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