Vendetta ultimately traces to the Latin verb vindicta, meaning "revenge" or "vindication." That Latin word is also in the family tree of other English terms related to getting even, including avenge, revenge, …

He waged a personal vendetta against his rivals in the Senate. She claims that the police have a vendetta against her. [=that the police are deliberately and unfairly trying to cause trouble for her]

VENDETTA definition: 1. a long and violent argument between people or families, in which one group tries to harm the…. Learn more.

1. a private feud, as formerly in Corsica and Italy, in which the family of a murdered person seeks vengeance by killing the slayer or one of the slayer's relatives. 2. any prolonged and bitter feud, …

vendetta (against somebody) a long argument or campaign in which one person or group does or says things to harm another. He has accused the media of pursuing a vendetta against him. She …

VENDETTA definition: a private feud in which the members of the family of a murdered person seek to avenge the murder by killing the slayer or one of the slayer's relatives, especially such vengeance as …

A vendetta is blood feud, a quest for revenge. A vendetta might separate families for generations, with members of one family murdering those of the other, all to satisfy an ancient grudge.

VENDETTA meaning: 1. a long and violent argument between people or families, in which one group tries to harm the…. Learn more.

Vendetta is a 1950 American crime film based on the 1840 novella Colomba by Prosper Mérimée, about a young Corsican girl who pushes her brother to kill to avenge their father's murder.

6 days ago · vendetta (plural vendettas or vendette) Revenge. A bitter, destructive feud, normally between two families, clans, or factions, in which each injury or slaying is revenged: a blood feud. …