Associations to the word «Omerta»
Wiktionary
OMERTÀ, noun. A code of silence amongst members of a criminal organization (especially the Mafia) that forbids divulging insider secrets to law enforcement.
OMERTA, noun. Alternative spelling of omertà
Dictionary definition
OMERTA, noun. A code of silence practiced by the Mafia; a refusal to give evidence to the police about criminal activities.
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.