pentito

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pentito (“repentant”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

pentito (plural pentiti)

  1. A criminal who cooperates with police or government authorities and testifies against or provides harmful information on fellow criminals; a turncoat or informant, usually a former Mafioso. [from 20th c.]
    • 2007, Virginia Jewiss, translating Roberto Saviano, Gomorrah, Pan 2017, p. 50:
      According to a pentito in the 2004 DDA investigation, 50 percent of the shops in Naples alone are actually run by the Camorra.

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Italian

Pronunciation

Verb

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  1. past participle of pentirsi

Noun

pentito m (plural pentiti)

  1. One who repents.
  2. (crime) A criminal who cooperates with police or government authorities and testifies against or provides harmful information on fellow criminals; a turncoat or informant. Used mostly in reference to ex-Mafiosi.

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Spanish

Noun

pentito m (plural pentitos)

  1. pentito
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