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Black Hand
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English
+ (extortion)
Proper noun
Black Hand
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.
Derived terms
en Black Hander, en Blackhander