omertà

英語（米国） (en-US) 英語（イギリス） (en-GB)

IPA（発音記号）

/ˌəʊmɛːˈtɑː/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞

(crime) A code of silence amongst members of a criminal organization (especially the Mafia) that forbids divulging insider secrets to law enforcement, often also followed outside of the organization in fear of retaliation; extensively, any code of silence.

日本語の意味

マフィアなどの犯罪組織内部で、内部情報を警察などの外部に漏らさないための秘密保持の掟 / 犯罪組織における、不文律としての沈黙のルール

英語の意味

(crime) A code of silence amongst members of a criminal organization (especially the Mafia) that forbids divulging insider secrets to law enforcement, often also followed outside of the organization in fear of retaliation; extensively, any code of silence.

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Despite the investigators' promises of protection, the neighborhood's omertà kept witnesses from coming forward.

捜査官の保護の約束にもかかわらず、その地域の沈黙の掟が目撃者たちを前に出させなかった。

詳細

意味（1）

(crime) A code of silence amongst members of a criminal organization (especially the Mafia) that forbids divulging insider secrets to law enforcement, often also followed outside of the organization in fear of retaliation; extensively, any code of silence.

Patriarca pleaded guilty in December 1991 to racketeering and conspiracy charges, but he refused to admit he was a member of the Mafia, clinging to his vow of ‘omerta’ to the secret organization.

詳細

omertàs （ plural ）