pentito

Borrowed from Italian pentito (“repentant”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pɛnˈtiːtəʊ/

pentito (plural pentiti)

1. A criminal who cooperates with police or government authorities and testifies against or provides harmful information on fellow criminals; a turncoat or informant, usually a former Mafioso. [from 20th c.]
   • 2007, Virginia Jewiss, translating Roberto Saviano, Gomorrah, Pan 2017, p. 50:

     According to a pentito in the 2004 DDA investigation, 50 percent of the shops in Naples alone are actually run by the Camorra.

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• in petto, neti pot

• Rhymes: -ito

pentito m (feminine singular pentita, masculine plural pentiti, feminine plural pentite)

1. past participle of pentirsi

pentito m (plural pentiti)

1. One who repents.
2. (crime) A criminal who cooperates with police or government authorities and testifies against or provides harmful information on fellow criminals; a turncoat or informant. Used mostly in reference to ex-Mafiosi.

• pettino, pettinò, potenti

pentito m (plural pentitos)

1. pentito