pentito

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /pɛnˈtiːtəʊ/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  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.
    — According to a pentito in the 2004 DDA investigation, 50 percent of the shops in Naples alone are actually run by the Camorra.

词形变化

pentiti plural

词源

Borrowed from Italian pentito (“repentant”).
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