ven ‧ det ‧ ta /venˈdetə/ BrE AmE noun
[ Date: 1800-1900 ; Language: Italian ; Origin: 'vengeance' , from Latin vindicta ; ⇨ ↑ vindictive ]
1 . [countable] a situation in which one person or group tries for a long time to harm another person
vendetta against
He accused the British media of pursuing a vendetta against him.
the victim of a political vendetta
2 . [uncountable and countable] a long violent argument between two groups or people, especially one that is about something that happened in the past SYN feud :
The two sides have been engaged in a bitter private vendetta.
vendetta between
vendettas between rival gangs