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HONOURED SOCIETY [1 record]

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Record 1 2010-07-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Criminology
CONT

The Sicilian Mafia has used other names to describe itself throughout its history, such as "The Honoured Society."

Key term(s)
  • honored society

French

Domaine(s)
  • Criminologie
CONT

[...] l'honorable société n'est pas une simple association de hors-la-loi, mais une nouvelle structure de pouvoir. Alors que le fossé se creuse entre l'État italien et le peuple sicilien, elle se présente comme un «système parallèle d'autorité».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Criminología
CONT

Murió en su lecho, [...] como los padrinos mafiosos de antaño, pero Tommaso Buscetta [...] pasará a la historia como el arrepentido histórico de Cosa Nostra, el hombre que infligió el primer duro golpe a la honorable sociedad.

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