vendettas
Prolonged revenge campaigns
Vendettas is the plural of vendetta, a prolonged feud marked by bitter hostility and acts of retaliation.
The word originally described blood feuds between families, especially in Italian and Corsican cultures, where avenging a relative's death was a matter of honor.
Now it applies to any sustained campaign of revenge or persecution: He carried on a personal vendetta against the newspaper that had criticized him.
Political vendettas consumed the administration.
Inherited cycle of retribution
- grudgePersistent resentment toward someone
- rivalryOngoing contest between opponents
- retaliationPunitive response to injury
- enmityBitter, lasting ill will
clan warfare · family feud · generational conflict · honor killing · retribution · bad blood · animosity · hatred
Structured illegal enterprise
- Cosa NostraSicilian criminal organization
- mob hitOrganized crime assassination
- contract killingPaid assassination job
- omertàCriminal vow of silence
godfather · crime family · underworld · gangland · assassination · execution · turf war · protection racket
Persistent, intrusive preoccupation
- persecutionSystematic mistreatment of groups
- targetingSelecting as objective
- harassmentAggressive, unwanted targeting
- grudge matchContest to settle scores
nemesis · archenemy · payback · getting even · bitter enemy · stalking · unfinished business · settling scores
blood feud
Inherited cycle of retribution
- grudgePersistent resentment toward someone
- rivalryOngoing contest between opponents
- retaliationPunitive response to injury
enmity · clan warfare · family feud · generational conflict · honor killing · retribution · bad blood · animosity · hatred · score settling
organized crime
Structured illegal enterprise
- Cosa NostraSicilian criminal organization
- mob hitOrganized crime assassination
- contract killingPaid assassination job
omertà · godfather · crime family · underworld · gangland · assassination · execution · turf war · protection racket · Sicilian
obsession
Persistent, intrusive preoccupation
- persecutionSystematic mistreatment of groups
- targetingSelecting as objective
- harassmentAggressive, unwanted targeting
grudge match · nemesis · archenemy · payback · getting even · bitter enemy · stalking · unfinished business · settling scores · fixation
- clan traditionstradition, burial rites, initiation, elders, chief
- adventureadventure, quest, quests, exploration, explorers
- stage violencestage combat, fight choreography, sword fights, duels, battle scenes
- clan alliancestreaties, pacts, blood oaths, marriage ties, confederacies
- ethnic conflictethnic cleansing, ethnic conflict, ethnic tension, ethnic tensions, ethnic violence
- online trollingtrolling, trollface, bait, baiting, flame bait
vendettasforgiveness
Releasing resentment toward offenders
pardons · absolution · clemency · mercy · amnesty
vendettasfriendships
Voluntary affectionate relationships
alliances · peace · amity · camaraderie · brotherhood
vendettasarbitration
Non-court binding dispute resolution
mediation · reconciliation · peace processes · diplomacy · restorative justice
- V for VendettaMasked anarchist versus fascism