Meaning Of The Word Black Hand

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Black Hand in American English
a group of Sicilian immigrant blackmailers and terrorists in New York in the early 20th cent.
noun: any of various secret criminal groups organized in Italy and operating in the U.S. in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, practicing blackmail and violence

Black Hand in British English
noun: a group of Sicilian blackmailers and terrorists formed in the 1870s and operating in the US in the early 20th century

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