pentito

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian pentito (“repentant”).

Pronunciation

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.
    • 2007, Roberto Saviano, translated by Virginia Jewiss, Gomorrah, Pan, published 2017, page 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

  • IPA(key): /penˈti.to/
  • Rhymes: -ito
  • Hyphenation: pen‧tì‧to

Participle

pentito (feminine pentita, masculine plural pentiti, feminine plural pentite)

  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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