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Van⋅zet⋅ti

[van-zet-ee; It. vahn-dzet-tee]
–noun
Bar⋅to⋅lo⋅me⋅o [bahr-taw-law-me-aw] , 1888–1927, Italian anarchist, in U.S. after 1908.
Compare Sacco, Nicola.
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Van·zet·ti   (vān-zět'ē, vän-dzět'tē)   
Italian-born American anarchist who with Nicola Sacco was convicted of a double murder and sentenced to death (1921). Despite the circumstantial nature of the evidence against them and worldwide protest at the political overtones of the proceedings, the two were executed in 1927.
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