[ven-det-uh] 
| 1. | 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, esp. such vengeance as once practiced in Corsica and parts of Italy. |
| 2. | any prolonged and bitter feud, rivalry, contention, or the like: a political vendetta. |
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