2. A lawless or blackmailing secret society, esp. among Italians. [U. S.] [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
black-hand — black hand·er; … English syllables
Black Hand — (engl.: „Schwarze Hand“) bezeichnet: eine spezielle Ausführungform der Erpressung; siehe Black Hand (Erpressung) die Black Hand Gang, Erpresserbande in New York City um die 1900er Jahrhundertwende die Schwarze Hand, serbische Offiziers… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Black Hand — “Black Hand” (in Serbo Croatian Crna Ruka ) was the byname of the secret Serbian organization Union or Death ( Ujedinjenje Ili Smrt). In the early twentieth century, radical nationalist societies operated in Serbia and tried to undermine the… … Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914
Black Hand — Italian immigrant secret society in U.S., 1904; earlier a Spanish anarchist society, both from the warning mark they displayed to potential victims … Etymology dictionary
Black Hand — Black′ Hand′ n. why a secret criminal group organized in Italy practicing blackmail and violence … From formal English to slang
Black Hand — n. [< symbol used by group in letters of extortion] 1. a group of Sicilian immigrant blackmailers and terrorists in New York in the early 20th cent. 2. any similar secret society … English World dictionary
Black Hand — For other uses, see Black Hand (disambiguation). Unification or Death / Black Hand Black Hand seal Motto Unification or Death; Unity or Death; Death of Tyranny! Formation … Wikipedia
Black Hand — noun a secret terrorist society in the United States early in the 20th century • Topics: ↑terrorism, ↑act of terrorism, ↑terrorist act • Hypernyms: ↑organized crime, ↑gangland, ↑gangdom * * * noun … Useful english dictionary
Black Hand — Blackhander, n. 1. Italian, La Mano Nera. 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. 2. an anarchistic society in Spain,… … Universalium
black hand — noun Usage: often capitalized B&H Etymology: Black Hand, a Sicilian and Italian American secret society of the late 19th and 20th centuries Date: 1904 a lawless secret society engaged in criminal activities (as terrorism or extortion) •… … New Collegiate Dictionary
