BLACK HAND


Meaning of BLACK HAND in English

Function: noun

Usage: often cap B&H

Etymology: Black Hand, a Sicilian and Italian-American secret society of the late 19th and 20th centuries

Date: 1904

: a lawless secret society engaged in criminal activities (as terrorism or extortion)

– black · hand · er \ ' blak- ˌ han-d ə r \ noun

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