1909, from dialectal form of Italian umilta "humility," in reference to the code of submission of individuals to the group interest, from Latin humilitas (see humility).
双语例句
1. Even a Sicilian sentenced to twenty years might break the omerta and talk his brains out.
即使一个西西里人,若被判二十年徒刑,也可能打破“缄默”的原则,把肚子里的话全说出来.
来自教父部分
2. And the Mafia cemented its power by originating the law of silence, the omerta.
