venˈded.ə, -etə noun
( -s )
Etymology: Italian, literally, revenge, from Latin vindicta, from vindicare to avenge — more at vindicate
1. : blood feud
should have disappeared from civilized society along with vendettas and black magic — Lucius Garvin
2. : a prolonged feud marked by bitter hostility
waging a literary vendetta of his own — C.I.Glicksberg
would neither conduct partisan vendettas nor indulge in political patronage — Newsweek