BLACK HAND meaning: Secret society, early 20th-century extortion

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Black Hand)

▸ noun: A type of extortion racket, typically involving sending a letter demanding that the victim leave a sum of money in an agreed location to avert a threatened kidnap, arson, murder, etc.

Opposite:

white hand, clehand, pure hand

Phrases:

Five on the Black Hand Side, Live on the Black Hand Side, more...

Adjectives:

blackmailable, sheeny, black, blacklisted, blackguardly, scoundrelly, moody, vandalistic, vandal, phoney, sharp

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