VENDETTA


Meaning of VENDETTA in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

personal

Many diplomats privately accused her of having a personal vendetta against Boutros-Ghali.

The lure of mutual profit wiped out, at least temporarily, their personal vendetta .

political

In closed-door sessions with House Republicans, Gingrich blamed his ethics problems on a Democratic political vendetta .

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Ellis claims he is the victim of a conspiracy with a personal vendetta against him.

One of the gang members began a vendetta against her after she testified.

The killing was the result of a long-standing vendetta over gambling profits.

The recent bombings may be a sign of a renewed vendetta between rival separatists.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

It was a vendetta , any child would have seen that.

Sure, I have a vendetta against him and he has one against me.

The lure of mutual profit wiped out, at least temporarily, their personal vendetta .

West Yorkshire police emphasised yesterday that no evidence had emerged to link the killing to any vendetta or previous trouble.

When she testifies against them, one begins a vendetta against her.

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