Word: orgosolo
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...people of Orgosolo, like those in many another village of Sardinia, live with banditry as they live with poverty-helplessly, fearfully and always. Orgosolo's bandits often slip into town from their hiding places in the mountains to spend a night with their wives and children, but the villagers who recognize them stay mum, for the bandit code called omerta exacts a heavy penalty from the informer, whether bandit or honest...