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pentito
/ penˈtiːto /
noun
- -ti-tɪ a person involved in organized crime who offers information to the police in return for immunity from prosecution
Word History and Origins
Origin of pentito1
Example Sentences
The word “pentito,” in Italian, means “repented,” and has almost a religious connotation.
The latest pentito to tell a story about Caravaggio’s Nativity is Gaetano Grado.
The problem with pentito evidence is how to tell the truth from self-serving lies.
Another pentito, Gaspare Spatuzza, claimed a Cosa Nostra boss had told him that Caravaggio’s Nativity had been stashed in a barn where it was “ruined, eaten by rats and hogs and burned”.
The Nativity’s strange afterlife as a criminal conversation piece began when one of Italy’s bravest prosecutors, Giovanni Falcone, sat face to face with a pentito, a member of Cosa Nostra who decided to turn against the organisation.
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