BLACK HAND


Meaning of BLACK HAND in English

noun

Usage: often capitalized B&H

Etymology: from Black Hand, a lawless Sicilian and Italian-American secret society of the late 19th and 20th centuries, an imitation of an Andalusian anarchist society of the 19th century, translation of Italian Mano Nera, translation of Spanish Mano Negra; from the black hand on their emblem

: a lawless secret society practicing terrorism, extortion, or other crimes

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